Colours of printing and ink
Inks for books, banknotes, posters and packaging.
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Blue
A primary colour seen in the sky and sea, used since ancient times in art and dyeBasic colour
Blue
Woad
A blue dye once vital to Europe's textile trade, made from the leaves of a flowering plantDye 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +3
Blue
Methylene blue
A synthetic blue dye and medicine first made in 1876Dye
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Prussian blue
A deep blue pigment first made in Berlin in the early 1700sPigment 路 馃嚡馃嚨 Japan
Blue
Haematoxylin
A natural dye from logwood, best known for staining cell nuclei in histologyDye 路 馃嚨馃嚟 Philippines
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Tufts Blue
A clear blue used as the official colour of Tufts UniversityNational or team colour 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
#189BCC
Blue (Weezer Blue Album cover)
The solid blue background from Weezer鈥檚 1994 debut album coverNamed shade
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Phthalo blue
A strong, synthetic blue pigment made from copper phthalocyaninePigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +1
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Non-photo blue
A pale blue used in art and print that does not show up in reproductionNamed shade
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Yale Blue
A deep blue shade linked to Yale University since the 19th centuryNamed shade
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Carolina blue
A light blue shade tied to the University of North CarolinaNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
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U of T Blue
A deep navy blue used by the University of Toronto since its foundingNamed shade 路 馃嚚馃嚘 Canada
Blue
Blue pigment
Pigments that give blue colour to paints, inks, and art from ancient times to todayPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
Blue
Indigo carmine
A water-soluble blue dye made from indigo, used in food, medicine and sciencePigment 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
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Blue (pigment)
A standard blue mixed from cyan and magenta inks in printingNamed shade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Phthalo blue: Smokefoot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tufts Blue: HereToHelp, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue (Weezer Blue Album cover): Gel Gems, Public domain, source
- Yale Blue: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Haematoxylin: Waughd, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Woad: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Methylene blue: Amanda Slater, Flickr user amandabhslater, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- U of T Blue: DoubleBlue, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue: NOAA-JMA, CC BY 4.0, source
- Prussian blue: Picture created by publunch, Public domain, source
- Blue pigment: David Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indigo carmine: -- 銉°儷銉撱儷 ( talk ) 08:10, 28 January 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source