Blue Doors
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What kind of blue would you say those doors are? There must be a name for it. It’s the word that is to blue what malachite is to green.
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Posted to Photographs • 2004.02.08 (Sun) • 23:31
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Posted by Aaron 2004.02.08, 23:59
I always call that color “powder-blue”, thinking back to the excellent Kurt Vonnegut short story, The Powder-Blue Dragon.
Posted by jh 2004.02.09, 00:15
Aaron, I think you’re right. I know powder blue but the words just didn’t occur to me.
Posted by Kristen 2004.02.09, 00:32
I’ve always called this blue “gunmetal grey.” I think powder blue is paler with less black tint (maybe #B0E0E6)
Posted by Phil Dokas 2004.02.09, 01:31
My first reaction to the question was to call it “steel blue”.
Posted by Tim Fletcher 2004.02.09, 01:38
Slatey?
Posted by Dave2 2004.02.09, 01:41
I always defer to my box of Crayola Crayons when naming colors, in which case I think the doors would be “Periwinkle.” http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/americas_favorites/display.cfm?color=268
Posted by Johan 2004.02.09, 01:56
I think that’s just the shade of blue I’ve been looking for to wrap around the term “Frozen Skies.”
Posted by brian w 2004.02.09, 02:33
“Cornflower” popped into my head immediately. But then I googleimaged the name and was surprised to see that that’s actually a brighter color. Oh well. I suppose my Crayola memory is not as good as I thought it was.
Posted by Jeff Lawson 2004.02.09, 04:17
From the photo, I think Kristin’s “gunmetal grey” is most suitable. Or perhaps “battleship grey”. Were the doors more blue in real life?
Posted by Irate 2004.02.09, 04:33
“Periwinkle Blue” - all I can think of is the movie Snatch. Too funny.
I’d agree with either steel or gunmetal blue though. I’ve always though of that colour as “battleship grey” just like Jeff, even though there is a distinct blue shade in there.
Posted by resonance 2004.02.09, 05:06
I was going to say periwinkle or gun metal, but after further consideration, I’ll say they’re more like a #9DA3B3 blue.
Posted by jenifer 2004.02.09, 07:06
I would call it dusty blue…
Posted by William F. House 2004.02.09, 08:13
Ennui blue (not to be confused with Boring grey).
Posted by seraph 2004.02.09, 08:45
I’m thinking slate or a pale steel blue… but gunmetal is quite a bit darker, no?
Posted by Jo 2004.02.09, 08:46
Sky blue (if you’re not from the desert or the mountains).
Posted by M Sinclair Stevens 2004.02.09, 09:18
My first response was the same as Dave2: periwinkle. My favorite color name in a box of Crayola 64.
Posted by Peter Marquis-Kyle 2004.02.09, 09:37
Ahh, how I miss my old copy of British Standard 381C (“Colours for specific purposes”). It’s absurd what pleasure one can get from a book of colour samples and Munsell notations!
Thanks to Google, I can offer an online version: http://www.indfinspec.demon.co.uk/bs381ccolour_chart.htm (but a warning: the magic of the original book is no longer there, even on a well adjusted monitor).
So, to answer your question Jeremy, what about 692 Smoke Grey?
[I suggest you ask your reference library to find BS381C for you to look at. There is no way your Macintosh will ever show you a colour like Deep Brunswick Green, or Olive Drab.]
Posted by John 2004.02.09, 14:21
I don’t mean to let my geek show, but a similar color coats the starship Enterprise. The powers that be call it “Robin’s Egg Blue”.
Posted by Massimo Fiorentino 2004.02.10, 01:07
How about “metallic greyish blue with a touch of grape”? Alternatively it looks a bit orchid to me…
Posted by Jon Wynacht 2004.02.10, 08:27
blue calx, of course ;-)
Posted by Jim OConnell 2004.02.10, 14:19
My mother used to call that color “#96A0B5”.
;-)
Posted by Johnny 2004.02.10, 18:46
It looks like cobalt blue.
Posted by Richard Anderson 2004.02.11, 09:51
http://www.wedgwood.co.uk
Posted by Jason 2004.02.13, 06:37
I agree with Phil. “Steel blue” or maybe “slate blue.”
Posted by pedro ruiz 2004.02.21, 07:26
blue calx, of course ;-)
Posted by safran 2004.02.22, 22:32
oh, this colour is somewhat bright, but in german you call it “pigeon blue”. try to look at it this way.
Posted by Terese 2005.12.02, 10:47
I’m on the same quest you are! What about “stormy” or “tanager” like the bird?
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