Movatterモバイル変換

History & Society

Browse Biographies

Animals & Nature

Geography & Travel

Geography & Travel

Britannica Kids

Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Images & Videos

Color wheel

Who created the color wheel?

RGB color model

RYB color model

Quizzes

Artist paint brushes and watercolor paintbox on wooden palette. Instruments and tools for creative leisure. Creative background. Paintings art concept. Painting hobby. Back to school. Top view.

More Art and Colors Quiz

Color wheel, visible light, color spectrum. Colour wheel

The Origins of Colors, Pigments, and Dyes

Related Questions

Why is light important for life on Earth?

Read Next

Aerial view of Tokyo, Japan at dusk circa 2009. Tokyo Tower (right) located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Office buildings, architecture, skyscrapers, skyline.

Is Light Pollution Really Pollution?

$Light refraction image with a cube. Prism$

How Is Light Both a Particle and a Wave?

Hot-air balloon against a sky (clouds, hot air ballooning, recreation)

Why Is the Sky Blue?

baby girl with toy bunny rabbit.

Has Pink Always Been a “Girly” Color?

Color wheel, visible light, color spectrum. Colour wheel

Are Black and White Colors?

Discover

VAN, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: A building and car ruined during the earthquake of Van-Ercis on October 25, 2011 in Van, Turkey. It is 604 killed and 4152 injured in Van-Ercis Earthquake.

What Is an Aftershock?

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Encyclopaedia Britannica First Edition: Volume 1, Plate XXXVIII, Figure 2, Ark, Ark of the Covenant, a small chest, coffer, contains Aaron's rod, manna pot, tables of covenant, Schechinah, Divine Presence, oracle, shittim-wood, acacia tree

Where Is the Ark of the Covenant?

Julius Caesar in full Gaius Julius Caesar (100? BCE-44 BCE) statue in Rimini, Italy. Roman general and statesman and dictator

The Time Julius Caesar Was Captured by Pirates

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

blue: Related Content

verifiedCite

While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies.Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.

Select Citation Style

Share

Share to social media

URL

https://www.britannica.com/facts/blue-color

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos and Videos

Color wheel

RGB color model

RYB color model

Who created the color wheel?

See All Videos and Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics

Why Is The Ocean Blue?orange tritanopia RGB colour model RYB colour model colour primary colour yellow green red white black brown violet purple tristimulus system chromophore

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz

Artist paint brushes and watercolor paintbox on wooden palette. Instruments and tools for creative leisure. Creative background. Paintings art concept. Painting hobby. Back to school. Top view.

More Art and Colors Quiz

Color wheel, visible light, color spectrum. Colour wheel

The Origins of Colors, Pigments, and Dyes

[8]ページ先頭

©2009-2025 Movatter.jp