Colours of screens and design
Websites, apps, film and anything lit from behind.
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Indigo
A deep blue named for the dye once exported from IndiaNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India +5
White
Zinc oxide
A white inorganic powder used in pigments, ointments, ceramics and electronicsPigment 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India +2
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Prussian blue
A deep blue pigment first made in Berlin in the early 1700sPigment 路 馃嚡馃嚨 Japan
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Azure
A clear sky blue, halfway between blue and cyan on the colour wheelNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚬 Italy +2
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Sky blue
A light blue named for the colour of a clear daytime skyNamed shade 路 馃嚘馃嚪 Argentina +5
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Maroon
A deep brownish red named for the French word for chestnutNamed shade 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +4
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Sepia
A reddish-brown colour named for the ink of the cuttlefishNamed shade
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Cobalt blue
A strong, stable blue pigment made from cobalt and alumina since the early 1800sPigment 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +3
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Navy blue
A deep blue shade named for the uniforms of the Royal NavyNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +2
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Cerulean
A blue-green colour once made from cobalt stannate and linked with the skyNamed shade 路 馃嚞馃嚙 United Kingdom
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Lavender
A pale purple named for the lavender flower, with many subtle variationsNamed shade
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Royal blue
A strong, deep blue linked with royalty and national flagsNamed shade 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +4
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Alice blue
A pale blue shade named for Alice Roosevelt, once a fashion trend in the USNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
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Blue-green
The colour between blue and green, part of the cyan familyNamed shade 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +3
Brown
Earth tone
A palette of colours inspired by soil, stone, and natural landscapesColour named from nature
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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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lavender: User:Fir0002, GFDL 1.2, source
- Azure: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indigo: Photo by Evan Izer ( Palladian ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Navy blue: Official Navy Page, Public domain, source
- Zinc oxide: Andrew Silver, USGS, Public domain, source
- Sky blue: Gabriela Ruellan, CC0, source
- Maroon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Blue-green: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Cerulean: Stephhzz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cobalt blue: FK1954, Public domain, source
- Prussian blue: Picture created by publunch, Public domain, source
- Sepia: Santiago Perdig贸, Public domain, source