Robin egg blue

Tiffany Blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#81D8D0
HSV (h, s, v)	(174°, 40%, 85%)
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(129, 216, 208)
Source	Tiffany.com
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light bluish green
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Robin egg blue (ISCC-NBS #162)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#96DED1
HSV (h, s, v)	(169°, 32%, 87%)
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(150, 222, 209)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light bluish green
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Robin egg blue
	American robin eggs
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00CCCC
HSV (h, s, v)	(180°, 100%, 80%)
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 204, 204)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue, or lost egg blue, is a shade of cyan (greenish-blue color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin.

The first recorded use of robin egg blue as a color name in English was in 1873.[1]

Variations

Pale robin egg blue

Pale robin egg blue is identical to the following tone of the color robin egg blue displayed on the ISCC-NBS color list: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)—Color sample of Robin Egg (color sample #162):.

Tiffany Blue

Tiffany Blue is the trademarked name for the light medium tone of robin egg blue associated with Tiffany & Co., the New York City jewelry company.

Cultural associations

In the United States, robin egg blue is often used as a haint blue for painting for the ceiling of exterior porches, especially in the South.[2][3]

References

Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Robin Egg Blue Page 77 Plate 27 Color Sample H3
Sherwin-Williams, "The Whys Behind the Blue Porch Ceiling"
"Ask OHJ", Old House Journal, Nov/Dec 1994, p. 20

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Robin Egg Blue Page 77 Plate 27 Color Sample H3

[2] Sherwin-Williams, "The Whys Behind the Blue Porch Ceiling"

[3] "Ask OHJ", Old House Journal, Nov/Dec 1994, p. 20