Navy blue

Short description: Blueish shade of the color black which almost appears as black

Navy blue

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #000080
Source| HTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid blue

Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue.

French sailor in dark blue uniform

Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world. When this color name, taken from the usual color of the uniforms of sailors, originally came into use in the early 19th century, it was initially called marine blue, but the name of the color soon changed to navy blue.[2]

An early use of navy blue as a color name in English was in 1840[3] though the Oxford English Dictionary has a citation from 1813.

## Contents

* 1 Variations
* 1.1 Indigo dye
* 1.2 Navy blue (Crayola)
* 1.3 Peacoat
* 1.4 Purple navy
* 1.5 Persian indigo
* 1.6 Space cadet
* 2 In culture
* 2.1 Computers
* 2.2 Military
* 2.3 Music
* 2.4 Sports
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Variations

### Indigo dye

Indigo dye

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #091F92
Source| Gallego and Sanz[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid blue

Indigo dye is the color that is called Añil (the Spanish word for "indigo dye") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Indigo dye is the basis for all the historical navy blue colors, since in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century, almost all navy uniforms were made by dyeing them with various shades of indigo dye.

### Navy blue (Crayola)

Navy blue (Crayola)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #0066CC
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid blue

The Crayola color named "navy blue" is not as dark a shade as the blues actually used by navies.

This tone of navy blue was formulated as a Crayola color in 1958.

### Peacoat

Peacoat

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #2B2E43
Source| Pantone TCX
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark purplish blue

The source of this color is the Pantone textile cotton extended color list, color #19-3920 TCX—peacoat.

### Purple navy

Purple navy

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #4E5180
Source| ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate purplish blue

Purple navy is a color that has been used by some navies. "Purple navy" in this color terminology usage is regarded as a shade of indigo, a color which can be regarded as a tone of purple when using the common English definition of purple, i.e., a color between blue and red.

The first recorded use of purple navy as a color name in English was in 1926.[5]

The source of this color is Dictionary of Color Names (1955).[6]

### Persian indigo

Persian indigo

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #32127A
Source| [1]/Maerz and Paul[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid purplish blue

Another name for this color regimental, because in the 19th century it was commonly used by many nations for navy uniforms.[citation needed]

The first recorded use of regimental (the original name for the color now called Persian indigo[citation needed]) as a color name in English was in 1912.[8]

### Space cadet

Space cadet

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #1D2951
Source| Resene
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark blue

Space cadet is one of the colors on the Resene Color List,[9] a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color was formulated in 2007.

This color is apparently a formulation of an impression of the color that cadets in space navy training would wear.

## In culture

### Computers

Navy Blue (HTML)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #000080
Source| [2]

* The color navy was one of the original 16 HTML/CSS colors initially formulated for standardized computer display in the late 1980s.

### Military

* In many world navies, including the United States Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy, uniforms which are called "navy blue" are, in actuality, colored black, as the uniforms became darker due to counter-fading. The Canadian Forces dress instructions specify that "'navy blue' is a tone of black".[10] (See also uniforms of the United States Navy and uniforms of the Canadian Forces.)

### Music

* Navy Blue is an album by Diane Renay (all the songs are about sailors).[11]

### Sports

Navy blue is used by numerous professional and collegiate sports teams:

Association football

* Scottish national team
* United States men's and women's national teams
* Falkirk F.C.
* Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
* West Bromwich Albion F.C.
* York City F.C.
* Genoa C.F.C.
* Melbourne Victory
* FC Girondins de Bordeaux
* Fenerbahçe S.K.
* Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
* Chicago Fire Soccer Club
* Los Angeles Galaxy
* New England Revolution
* New York City F.C.
* Philadelphia Union
* Sporting Kansas City
* Vancouver Whitecaps
* Viking Stavanger

Australian Football League

* Adelaide Crows
* Carlton Blues
* Geelong Cats
* Melbourne Demons

Major League Baseball

* Atlanta Braves
* Boston Red Sox
* Cleveland Guardians
* Detroit Tigers
* Houston Astros
* Los Angeles Angels
* Milwaukee Brewers
* Minnesota Twins
* New York Yankees
* St. Louis Cardinals
* Seattle Mariners
* Tampa Bay Rays
* Toronto Blue Jays
* Washington Nationals

National Basketball Association

* Dallas Mavericks
* Denver Nuggets
* Indiana Pacers
* Memphis Grizzlies
* Minnesota Timberwolves
* New Orleans Pelicans
* Oklahoma City Thunder
* Washington Wizards

National Football League

* Chicago Bears
* Dallas Cowboys
* Denver Broncos
* Houston Texans
* New England Patriots
* Los Angeles Chargers
* Seattle Seahawks
* Tennessee Titans

National Hockey League

* Colorado Avalanche
* Columbus Blue Jackets
* Edmonton Oilers
* Florida Panthers
* Nashville Predators
* St. Louis Blues
* Seattle Kraken
* Washington Capitals
* Winnipeg Jets

National Rugby League

* Melbourne Storm
* North Queensland Cowboys
* Sydney Roosters

American Collegiate Teams

* University of Arizona
* University of California, Berkeley
* University of Pittsburgh
* Auburn University
* Adamson University
* Florida Atlantic University
* Florida International University
* Georgetown University
* Georgia Institute of Technology
* University of Illinois
* University of Notre Dame
* University of Maine
* University of Michigan
* University of Mississippi
* University of Nevada, Reno
* University of Virginia
* Palm Beach Atlantic University
* Pennsylvania State University
* University of Rhode Island
* Saint Mary's College of California
* Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
* Syracuse University
* West Virginia University
* United States Naval Academy
* Xavier University
* Colegio de San Juan de Letran
* Catawba College
* University of Connecticut

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## See also

* Air Force blue
* Army green
* Azure (color)
* List of colors
* Midnight blue
* Royal blue
* Sky blue

## References

1. ↑ "CSS Color Module Level 3". w3.org. 19 June 2018. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4.
2. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 168 Discussion of color navy blue
3. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 103; Color Sample of Navy blue: Page 131 Plate 40 Color Sample E11
4. ↑ Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume. ISBN:84-89840-31-8
5. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Purple Navy: Page 115 Plate 46 Color Sample F12
6. ↑ Foster, John C.. "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names – Oa through Oz". http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-p.htm.
7. ↑ The color displayed in the color box matches the color called "regimental" in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color "regimental" is displayed on page 117, plate 47, color sample C10.
8. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203 (it is also stated under the entry on Persian blue on page 201 that the color on plate 47 color sample C10 (regimental) is a [darker] tone of Persian blue.); color sample of regimental: page 117 plate 47 color sample C10
9. ↑ Resene Color List
10. ↑ "Canadian Forces Dress Instructions". http://www.army.gc.ca/lf/Downloads/cfp265.pdf.
11. ↑ "Diane Renay". http://www.dianerenay.com/.

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