Sunday, 5 January 2020

More on Classic Blue and White - 3 samples.

Classic Blue has been chosen as the Pantone Color for 2020!


It has undertones of Indigo the strength of ultramarine but the mellowness of a dark cobalt blue and a echo too of prussian or phthalo blue.

Lets look at some very similar colors in art.



Our first example a Japanese Arita Cobalt Blue shallow bowl.
The darkest tone is certainly very similar to Classic Blue.


This is an inital letter from a European manuscript turned into a picture featuring  "classic blue"


Lastly note the background gradient on this Elfquest cover plus the blue tones on Skywise's vest.

Classic Blue is a color we see shades tints and related hues of in ancient and modern art and various media. Workable Useful Beautiful !

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