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| Persian Blue | |
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| Common connotations | |
| Lapis lazuli;Celestial sphere;Heaven | |
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #1C39BB |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (28, 57, 187) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (229°, 85%, 73%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (31, 94, 263°) |
| Source | [1] and Maerz and Paul[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Persian blue comes in three major tones:Persian blue proper: a bright mediumblue;medium Persian blue (a medium slightly grayish blue that is slightly indigoish); and a kind of darkblue which is referred to asPersian indigo,dark Persian blue, orregimental, that is much closer to theweb colorindigo.
Other colors associated with Persia includePersian pink,Persian rose,Persian red,Persian orange andPersian green.
The colorPersian blue is named from the blue color of somePersian pottery and the color oftiles used in and onmosques and palaces inIran and in other places in the Middle East.Persian blue is a representation of the color of the minerallapis lazuli which comes fromPersia andAfghanistan.[citation needed] The colorazure is also named after the mineral lapis lazuli.
The first recorded use ofPersian blue as a color name inEnglish was in 1669.[2]
| Medium Persian Blue | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #0067A5 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (0, 103, 165) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (203°, 100%, 65%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (42, 64, 246°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS[3] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The medium tone of Persian blue shown at right is the color calledPersian blue in color sample #178 of the ISCC-NBS color list.
| Persian Indigo | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #32127A |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (50, 18, 122) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (258°, 85%, 48%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (18, 56, 272°) |
| Source | 99colors.net[4]/Maerz and Paul[5] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purplish blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The colorPersian indigo is displayed at right. Another name for this color isregimental because in the 19th century it was commonly used by many nations for navy uniforms, though it is seldom used in modern times.
Persian indigo is named for an association with a product from Persia: Persian cloth dyed withindigo.
The first recorded use ofregimental (the original name for the color now called Persian indigo) as a color name in English was in 1912.[6]
Media related toThe Snake Charmer at Wikimedia Commons (1870): A painting byJean-Léon Gérôme which shows a snake charmer in a Persian market with Persian blue tiles in the background
