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Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue
Blue

Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440?490 Nanometre....
, close to black
Black

Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflection light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light....
, that was named for its darkness. Midnight blue is the color
Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
 of a vat full of Indigo dye
Indigo dye

Indigo dye is dye with a distinctive blue color . The chemical compound that constitutes the indigo dye is called indican. The ancients extracted the natural dye from several species of plant as well as one of the two famous Hexaplex trunculus, but nearly all indigo produced today is Chemical synthesis....
; therefore, midnight blue may also be considered a dark shade of indigo
Indigo

Indigo is the color on the electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nanometre in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet . Although traditionally considered one of seven divisions of the optical spectrum, modern color scientists do not usually recognize indigo as a separate division and generally classify wavelengths shorter...
. There are two different shades of midnight blue--the X11 color and the Crayola
Crayola

Crayola is a brand of marking utensils, such as markers, chalk, crayons, and colored pencils manufactured by Crayola LLC . The Crayola company was one of the first to make its crayons, chalk, markers, and colored pencils as well as other writing utensils and artistry tools non-toxic....
 color.







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Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue
Blue

Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440?490 Nanometre....
, close to black
Black

Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflection light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light....
, that was named for its darkness. Midnight blue is the color
Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
 of a vat full of Indigo dye
Indigo dye

Indigo dye is dye with a distinctive blue color . The chemical compound that constitutes the indigo dye is called indican. The ancients extracted the natural dye from several species of plant as well as one of the two famous Hexaplex trunculus, but nearly all indigo produced today is Chemical synthesis....
; therefore, midnight blue may also be considered a dark shade of indigo
Indigo

Indigo is the color on the electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nanometre in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet . Although traditionally considered one of seven divisions of the optical spectrum, modern color scientists do not usually recognize indigo as a separate division and generally classify wavelengths shorter...
. There are two different shades of midnight blue--the X11 color and the Crayola
Crayola

Crayola is a brand of marking utensils, such as markers, chalk, crayons, and colored pencils manufactured by Crayola LLC . The Crayola company was one of the first to make its crayons, chalk, markers, and colored pencils as well as other writing utensils and artistry tools non-toxic....
 color.

Midnight blue


At right is displayed the color midnight blue.

This is the X11 web color midnight blue.

Dark midnight blue


At right is displayed the color dark midnight blue.

This is the color called midnight blue in Crayola
Crayola

Crayola is a brand of marking utensils, such as markers, chalk, crayons, and colored pencils manufactured by Crayola LLC . The Crayola company was one of the first to make its crayons, chalk, markers, and colored pencils as well as other writing utensils and artistry tools non-toxic....
 crayons.

Midnight blue has been an official Crayola color since 1958; before that, since having been formulated by Crayola in 1949, it was called Prussian blue
Prussian blue

Prussian blue is a very dark blue, colorfast, non-toxic pigment ? one of the first synthetic pigments ? which was discovered accidentally in Berlin in 1704....
.

Shades of midnight blue color comparison chart

  • Dark midnight blue (Crayola Midnight Blue) (Hex: #003366) RGB (0,51,102)
  • Midnight blue (web color) (Hex: #191970) RGB (25,25,112)


Other variations of midnight blue

  • Midnight blue variation 1 (Hex: #132456)
  • Midnight blue variation 2 (Hex: #123245)
  • Midnight blue variation 3 (Hex: #123456)
  • Midnight blue variation 4 (Hex: #132343)
  • Midnight blue variation 5 (Hex: #122246)
  • Midnight blue variation 6 (Hex: #012345)
  • Midnight blue variation 7 (Hex: #132232)
  • Midnight blue variation 8 (Hex: #123543)
  • Midnight blue variation 9 (Hex: #133553)
  • Midnight blue variation 10 (Hex: #000062)

Midnight blue in human culture

Military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
  • US Air Force Midnight Blue is the color used on ABU (Air Battle Uniform) nametapes and rank insignia. A thread color from the manufactures American and Efird that is used by a major supplier of military nametapes is color number 51621. Madeira embroidery thread (100% Viscose) color 1244 is also a very dark midnight (almost black) blue thread.
Web site design
  • As it is a web-safe color, Midnight blue is an extremely popular color choice, showing up on various websites, including the latest version of Google
    Google

    Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
    's blog service, Blogger.
Dress Codes
  • It remains the only acceptable alternative to black as a color for dinner jackets
    Black tie

    Black tie is a dress code for semi-formal evening events, and is worn to many types of social functions. For a man, the major component is a jacket, known as a dinner jacket or tuxedo , which is usually black but is also seen in midnight blue....
    . Due to the deepness of the color, midnight blue formal clothes are almost indistinguishable from black.


See also

  • List of colors
    List of colors

    The following is a complete list of colors with associated articles. See also color names and the list of color topics.Note that a large percentage of the color swatches below are taken from computer-domain-specific naming schemes such as X11 or HTML4 ....