Internet Colors - Set of 1035

Blue-gray Color 82 - #6699CC

Blue-gray, also spelled blue-grey is a medium blueish gray color. Another name for this color is livid; this color name comes from the Latin color term lividus meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color,' and also used to describe the color of contused flesh, leading to the English expression 'black and blue.'

There is a range of colors called livid colors that combine the colors blue and gray. Livid (blue-gray) is the opposite concept from brown. Brown colors are mainly dark orange and dark red colors--warm colors on the warm color side of the color wheel, while blue-gray (livid) colors are mainly dark blue and dark azure colors--colors on the opposite side of the color wheel--cool colors on the cool color side of the color wheel.

The first recorded use of livid as a color name in English was in 1622. Blue-Gray was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.