Baby blue
{{Short description|Shade of blue}}
{{Other uses|Baby blue (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox color
| title=Baby blue
| hex=89CFF0
| isccname=Very light greenish blue
}}
Baby blue, also known as light blue, is a tint of azure, which is one of the pastel colors.{{cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm|title=Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ba through Bz|first=John C.|last=Foster|website=tx4.us|access-date=2010-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627225904/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm|archive-date=2016-06-27|url-status=usurped}}
The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Baby Blue: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample E2
Variations of baby blue
=Beau blue=
{{infobox color
| title = Beau blue
| hex = BCD4E6
| source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124316/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ Plochere]
| isccname = Very pale blue}}
Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue. "Beau" means "beautiful" in French.
The source of this color is the color that is called beau blue in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.{{Cite web |url=http://colors.bravo9.com:80/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ |title=Plochere Color System |access-date=2010-04-08 |website=colors.bravo9.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004182626/http://colors.bravo9.com:80/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ |archive-date=2008-10-04 |url-status=dead}}
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=Baby blue eyes=
{{infobox color
| title = Baby blue eyes
| hex = A1CAF1
| source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124316/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ Plochere]
| isccname = Very light blue}}
Baby blue eyes is a rich tone of baby blue.
The source of this color is the color that is called baby blue eyes in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.
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=Little boy blue=
{{infobox color
|title=Little boy blue
|hex=6CA0DC
|source=Pantone TPX{{cite web|url=http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |title=Pantone TPX}}Type the words "Little Boy Blue" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
|isccname=Light blue}}
Little boy blue is a deep tone of baby blue.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-4132 TPX—Little Boy Blue.{{cite web|url=http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx|title=Search - Find a PANTONE Color|last=PANTONE|website=www.pantone.com}}
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Baby blue in human culture
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In Western culture, the color baby blue is often associated with baby boys (and baby pink for baby girls), particularly in clothing and linen and shoes.
In the late 1960s, philosopher Alan Watts, who lived in Sausalito, a suburb of San Francisco, suggested that police cars be painted baby blue and white instead of black and white. This proposal was implemented in San Francisco in the late 1970s,{{cite web|url=http://public.fotki.com/copcardotcom/contributions_by_name/by_last_name_s_through_z/tony_sollecito/ts020.html|title=Photo: Line-up of Nova's, San Francisco, CA, Police - Tony Sollecito album - copcar dot com - Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.|website=public.fotki.com}} until the late 1980s. Watts also suggested that the police should wear baby blue uniforms because, he asserted, this would make them less likely to commit acts of police brutality than if they were wearing the usual dark blue uniforms. This proposal was never implemented.
Baby blue is an official color used in the flag of Argentina.
See also
- Light sky blue – a similar shade, named in the X11/html color family
- Baby pink
- List of colors
- Pinkstinks
References
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