Internet Colors - Set of 1035 Dark Power Blue Color 262 - #003399
The original, darker powder blue color referred to smalt, a crushed-glass
product used in laundering and dyeing applications and of a deep, dark blue
hue. The cobalt blue colored glass was itself made from zaffre.
The first recorded use of powder blue (meaning the dark blue color) as a color
name in English was in 1707.
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Shown is a Ming dish, with smalt blue decoration | |
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