Shades of Blue

If you go to these websites, you will find all the marvelous shades of blue that are listed in our catalogs. There's simply no space here to put them all down, and seeing is believing where color is concerned:).



"Can You Name All The Blue Hues, Shades, Tints, Tones And Other Variations?

There are hundreds of blue shades and we have many examples of a certain color name assigned to different HEX codes. On the other hand several blue colors are known under more than one name. We’ll try to present as many blue tints and hues as possible in slightly different arrangement as you might expect. Each color carries its own story and this article is touching dozens of them."

http://drawingblog.mycoloringland.com/blue-shades/


"The History and Science Behind the Color Blue

Digging a little deeper into the history of blue, historians concluded that the word "blue" did not even exist in Greek times. It seems this color was barely distinguished from "neutral" shades like white, light and dark. Read all of the Greek texts you can find, and you'll never come across a word for "blue." It simply was not important enough to deserve its own descriptor.
Even as the English language developed, blue took a distinct backseat to other colors. The first color words to appear in English, and most other languages for that matter, were words for "white" and "black." Next, red, the color of wine and blood appeared, followed by yellow and then green. Blue appeared last."


https://www.dunnedwards.com/colors/specs/posts/the-history-and-science-behind-the-color-blue