page_title: Byzantine blue
section_title: Dark Byzantine blue
hierarchical_section_title: Byzantine blue / Variations / Dark Byzantine blue
caption_attribution_description: This file was uploaded with Commonist. Македонски: Црквата „Св. Пантелејмон“ во Горнонерешкиот манастир во скопско Горно Нерези English: S Pantaleon Church in Gorno Nerezi Monastery, Macedonia
context_page_description: Byzantine blue is a color ranging from light celestial blue or lazuli to dark Egyptian blue.
  It is found on Byzantine frescoes of Hagia Sophia, Nerezi, in Macedonia.
context_section_description: The dark variation is best described as the color of the Byzantine night sky; it resembles dark blue-grey, Prussian and Navy blue, well attested on frescoes and mosaics.
caption: Blue of Nerezi (Neresko plavo)
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