Blue: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau

Blue: The History of a Color

Michel Pastoureau / 2001

Pastoureau's scholarly yet vivid history of blue from antiquity to modernity. Five distinct blues from navy to sky — the book is itself a demonstration of how a single hue contains multitudes.

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#1A3A5C background RGB 26 58 92
#F5F0E8 ink RGB 245 240 232
#4FC3F7 accent RGB 79 195 247
#0D47A1 support RGB 13 71 161
#90CAF9 neutral RGB 144 202 249
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  --palette-background: #1A3A5C;
  --palette-ink: #F5F0E8;
  --palette-accent: #4FC3F7;
  --palette-support: #0D47A1;
  --palette-neutral: #90CAF9;
}

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  "palette-ink": "#F5F0E8",
  "palette-accent": "#4FC3F7",
  "palette-support": "#0D47A1",
  "palette-neutral": "#90CAF9"
}

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