Powder blue

Powder blue is a pale shade of blue. It is a darker shade of alice blue. It is similar to azure. Similar to most colors, powder blue does not have a defined hue or saturation. In the 1650s, powder blue was powdered smalt (cobalt glass). It was used in laundering and dyeing. It came to be used as a color name from 1894.

Blue powder
Shades of powder blue
Australian Standard[1] British Standard[2] Dulux Trade Paint[3] Online survey[4]
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References
  1. Australian Standard AS 2700 colour B32 (Powder Blue)
  2. Powder Blue BS4800 20D41 Paint colour
  3. "Dulux Trade Colour Powder Blue". Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  4. Xkcd Color Survey Results
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