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Columbia blue
About these coordinates About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #75B2DD
RGBB (r, g, b) (117, 178, 221)
Source [Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Columbia blue, also known as Jordy blue, is a light blue tertiary color. The typical Columbia blue is defined by Pantone Columbia Blue 3 (PANTONE 292).

Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

Fraternities and Sororities Organizations, fraternities and sororities that use Columbia blue for their colors:

School Colors Columbia blue is used as one of the two or three color symbols for the following colleges, universities and high schools:

Sports

  • The Tampa Bay Rays selected Columbia blue as one of its three color symbols in September 2007. The color is used in the team's logos, uniforms and official merchandise.
  • The Kansas City Royals "powder blue" uniforms that debuted in 2008 are actually Columbia blue.
  • The Houston Oilers (now Tennesee Titans) used Columbia blue from 1960 to 1998 as a primary color.
  • Every Argentina's National Teams (Soccer, Basketball, Rugby, Olympic Games...)

References

External links

Shades of blue
Air Force blue Alice blue Azure Baby blue Blue Bondi blue Brandeis blue Cambridge Blue Carolina blue Ceil
                   
Cerulean Cobalt blue Columbia blue Cornflower blue Cyan Dark blue Deep sky blue Denim Dodger blue Duke blue
                   
Egyptian blue Electric blue Eton blue Federal Blue Glaucous Han blue Iceberg Indigo International Klein Blue Iris
                   
Light blue Majorelle blue Maya blue Midnight blue Navy blue Non-photo blue Palatinate blue Periwinkle Persian blue Powder blue
                   
Prussian blue Royal blue Sapphire Sky blue St. Patrick's blue Steel blue Teal Tiffany Blue Ultramarine Yale Blue
                   
The samples shown above are representative only.

Columbia blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #75B2DD
RGBB (r, g, b) (117, 178, 221)
HSV (h, s, v) (205°, 47%, 87%)
Source [Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Columbia blue, also known as Jordy blue, is a light blue tertiary color named after Columbia University. The typical Columbia blue is defined by Pantone Columbia Blue 3 (PANTONE 292).[1]

Contents

Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

Fraternities and Sororities Organizations, fraternities and sororities that use Columbia blue for their colors:

School Colors Columbia blue is used as one of the two or three color symbols for the following colleges, universities and high schools:

Sports

  • Every Argentinian National Team (Soccer, Basketball, Rugby, Olympic Games...)
  • The Buffalo Braves, now Los Angeles Clippers.
  • The Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans) used Columbia blue from 1960 to 1998 as a primary color.
  • The Kansas City Royals "powder blue" uniforms that debuted in 2008 are actually Columbia blue.
  • The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team wears their traditional Columbia blue jerseys instead of the university's official color Reflex blue.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays selected Columbia blue as one of its three color symbols in September 2007. The color is used in the team's logos, uniforms and official merchandise.

Music

  • The song Reno Dakota, by the band The Magnetic Fields, makes a play on words with the color in the couplet "You know you enthrall me and yet you don't call me it's making me blue/Pantone 292."

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.colourlovers.com/color/76B3DF/pantone_292

External links

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Shades of blue
Air Force blueAlice blueAzureBaby blueBleu de FranceBlueBondi blueBrandeis blueCambridge BlueCarolina blue
          
CeilCeruleanCobalt blueColumbia blueCornflower blueCyanDark blueDeep sky blueDenimDodger blue
          
Duke blueEgyptian blueElectric blueEton blueFederal BlueGlaucousHan blueIcebergIndigoInternational Klein Blue
          
IrisLight blueMajorelle BlueMaya blueMidnight blueNavy blueNon-photo bluePalatinate bluePeriwinklePersian blue
          
Powder bluePrussian blueRoyal blueSapphireSky blueSteel blueTealTiffany BlueTufts BlueUCLA Blue
          
UltramarineYale Blue
  
The samples shown above are only indicative.

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