Sky blue is a shade of light blue comparable to that of a clear daytime sky.[1] The term (as "sky blew") is attested from 1681.[1] A 1585 translation of Nicolas de Nicolay's 1576 Les navigations, peregrinations et voyages faicts en la Turquiecode: fra promoted to code: fr includes "the tulbant [turban] of the merchant must be skie coloured".[2]
Celeste (Spanish: [θeˈleste, se-], Italian: [tʃeˈlɛste], English: /sɪˈlɛst/) is the colloquial name for the pale turquoiseblue colour. The same word, meaning "of the sky", is used in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian for the colour. In English, this colour may also be referred to as Italian sky blue. The Japanese equivalent is known as sora irocode: jpn promoted to code: ja or mizuirocode: jpn promoted to code: ja , referring to the colour of the sky or its reflection on the sea.[3]
Bleu celeste ("sky blue") is a rarely occurring tincture in heraldry (not being one of the seven main colours or metals or the three "staynard colours"). This tincture is sometimes also called ciel or simply celeste. It is depicted in a lighter shade than the range of shades of the more traditional tincture azure, which is the standard blue used in heraldry.[4]
Gradations
The Italian Wikipedia cites Il dizionario dei colori: nomi e valori in quadricromiacode: ita promoted to code: it by S.Fantetti and C.Petracchi and describes multiple variants of celeste as shown below, plus details as defined in the infobox above.[5]
Displayed at right is the colour medium sky blue. This is the colour that is called sky blue in Crayola crayons. This colour was formulated by Crayola in 1958.
"Sky blue" appears in the 32, 48, 64, 96 and 120 packs of crayons.
At right is displayed the colour French sky blue, which is the tone of sky blue that is called sky blue (bleu ciel) in the Pourpre.com colour list, a colour list widely popular in France.
Spanish sky blue is the colour that is called celeste (the Spanish word for "sky blue") in the Guía de coloracionescode: spa promoted to code: es (Guide to colourations) by Rosa Gallego and
Juan Carlos Sanz, a colour dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.
Australia: Sky blue is the main colour of the Australian rugby league team, New South Wales Blues, as it is the official colour of the state they represent.
Italy: Celeste is the main colour of the football team S.S. Lazio of Rome, and one of the two main colours (the other being dark blue) of the football team Calcio Lecco 1912 of Lecco.
United Kingdom: Manchester City adopted sky blue as the main colour of their home jersey in 1894 and have used that ever since then.[10]
^Scott-Giles, C. W. (1958). Boutell's Heraldry (rev. ed.). London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co.
^S.Fantetti e C.Petracchi (2001). Il dizionario dei colori: nomi e valori in quadricromia. Zanichelli. ISBN8808079953.
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Capri: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample L7; The color Capri is shown as lying halfway between Cyan and Azure.
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191
^Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume. ISBN84-89840-31-8
^ ab"PANTONE 14-4318 TPX Sky Blue". Pantone. Retrieved 19 December 2022. Displays a sky blue patch; exact rendering will depend upon the computer display used.
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