Dark blue (color)
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| Dark blue | ||
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| Hex triplet | #00008B | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (0, 0, 139) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (240°, 100%, 25%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Dark blue is a shade of blue.
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[edit] Etymology
The name comes from the word "Dark" (which originated from Old English dark, derk, deork; Anglo-Saxon dearc, and Gaelic and Irish dorch, dorcha) and "Blue" (taken from French and originated from the Indo-European root bhlewos).
[edit] Medium blue
| Medium blue | ||
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| Hex triplet | #0000CD | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (0, 0, 205) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (240°, 100%, 40%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Displayed at right is the color medium blue.
[edit] Dark blue and medium blue in human culture
- Dark clothing for males such as dark blue business suits have become much more popular since about 1995, as opposed to the pastel colored business suits worn in the 1970s by major leaders in such institutions as the United States Congress (the vast difference in the clothing worn in the 1970s as opposed to the 2000s can be readily seen by looking at a videotape of the Watergate hearings).
- Dark Blue is a 2002 film directed by Ron Shelton.
- Police normally wear dark blue or, sometimes, medium blue uniforms (However, the New Age philosopher Alan Watts suggested in the 1960s that police ought to wear baby blue uniforms.).
- Dark Blueis a song on the 2005 CD Everything in Transit, the debut album of Jack's Mannequin.
- In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a medium blue bandana means one is into the fetish of having sex with someone who is wearing a police uniform. [1]
- Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness. In Western civilization, those in the upper classes in high places of political or economic power often wear dark blue suits. Ordinary members of the working class (especially those who work in the computer industry) often refer derisively to these management functionaries as the suits. [2] This terminology is also used in the television industry--the network executives are often referred to by the creative people (actors, directors, and screenwriters) as the suits. [3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Card showing list of bandana colors and their meanings, available at Image Leather, 2199 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114
- ^ The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage, Clifford Stoll, 1989, ISBN 0-7434-1146-3
- ^ Shatner, William (with Chris Kreski) Star Trek Memories New York:1993 Harper Collins
