Cobalt blue

Cobalt blue is a cool blue colour. Louis Jacques Thénard discovered this colour in 1802. People make it using cobalt salts. That is why it is called cobalt blue. 

Many artists use cobalt blue. Many pieces of glassware have this colour. Glassware that has this colour is called cobalt glass. 

Cobalt blue in popular media
 John Varley said that cobalt blue should be used to paint skies. Before this, most artists used ultramarine blue.
 Maxfield Parrish was a famous painter who painted the sky. People liked the bright colours that he used in his paintings. Commonly, he used cobalt blue. Because he was so popular, cobalt blue is also called Parrish blue.
 The Chinese made blue and white porcelain with cobalt blue. They used it as the main blue pigment because it was easy to make. The first used it during the late 1700s and early 1800s. It was very good and they used it for a long time afterwards."Chinese visual arts » Stylistic and historical development, 1206–1912 » Yüan dynasty (1206–1368) » Ceramics." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Accessed 14 May 2009.

Tones of cobalt blue colour comparison chart
NameColourHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceCobalt blue#0047AB071171215°100%34%Zaffre #0014AB020171233°100%34%Smalt #00339905163220°100%30% (Dark Powder Blue)Spanish Cobalt Blue#00438A067138211°100%27%Cobalt Blue (Gallego & Sanz)Thenard Blue#333C875160135234°45%36%Gallego & Sanz

Related pages
List of colors

References

Category:Shades of blue
Category:Pigments
Category:Colors
Category:Cobalt