Prussian blue

Prussian blue, also known as Berlin blue, is a dark blue color that is artificially made.

It is one of the first pigments made synthetically.  It was accidentally found in 1704 by two chemists in Berlin.

The dark blue uniforms of the Prussian army were dyed this color.

 Color 
A color can be shown by hex triplet is a six-digit, three-byte hexadecimal number used in HTML, CSS, and other computing applications. The hex triplet to represent Prussian blue is 003153.

When using the RGB color model where red, green, and blue light are added together, Prussian blue has the RGB code of 0, 49, 83

 Use as a medicine 
Prussian blue is a medicine that is sometimes given by doctors to help remove certain radioactive materials from people’s bodies.  It has been used this way since the 1960s.

 Potential use in computer storage 
Prussian blue is a chemical compound. One of the chemical elements in this compound is iron.  

Researchers have experimented replacing some of the iron atoms in Prussian blue with cobalt. When the Prussian blue compound is lit with a red light at -150 C, the compound shifts from being non-magnetic (off) to magnetic (on). The magnetic shift does not change back except if deliberately reversed (or undone) with heat.

This magnetism is due to the transfer of an electron from the cobalt to the iron, with light providing the energy, while the electron moves back when heat is applied, the researchers said.

This magnetic property means the compound can be used in computer storage. Because the compound can be turned "on" and "off" in a controlled way, it can remember binary information. Binary information is used for computer storage.

This way of using the compound is still being developed.

It is also used as a machinists dye to check wear patterns.

 Tones of Prussian blue color comparison chart 
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceDark Slate Blue#483D8B7261139248°39%39%(web color)Persian Indigo#32127A5018122258°74%27%(Regimental) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz & Paul)Dark Imperial Blue#00416A065106203°100%21%Imperial Blue (ISCC-NBS)Midnight Blue#1919702525112240°64%27%(web color)Dark Midnight Blue#003366051102210°100%20%(Midnight Blue (Crayola))Prussian Blue#00315304983205°100%16%(Berlin Blue) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz & Paul)Dark Indigo#31006249098270°100%19%(PerBang.dk)Gulf Blue#05165792287228°89%18%(Xona.com color list)

Related pages
 Indigo
 List of colors
 Navy blue

 References 

Category:Cyanides
Category:Pigments
Category:Iron compounds