Talk:Royal blue

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That is not royal Blue; [1] that is Royal Blue.

What is the color code then? - BlackWidower 00:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
After a quick look in Photoshop (using the color picker)
  • Hex triplet: #24245e
  • 8-bit RGB: (36, 36, 94)
  • HSV: (240, 62%, 37%)
  • CMYK: (100, 98, 28, 27)
  • Lab: (17, 15, -35)
That looks more like the royal blue I am used to. It seems to me that there might be a disrepancy between HTML colors and fashion colors. Or perhaps there are cultural differences on the definition of the color. The closest "web-safe" color is #333366, which, as far as I can tell, has no HTML name.
--trlkly 15:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
There seems to be a cultural difference. Bowes Primary School states that the school colour is royal blue. However, the blue in their photographs is not the dark blue described in this article, but the royal blue I grew up with in Enfield. Is there sufficient evidence of this cultural difference to justify mentioning it in the article? Coyets 17:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I found another photograph in which the site states that the colour is royal blue and the hue is more like that of Bowes Primary School. It is Enfield Town Ladies F.C.. Coyets 17:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Document your source

At the risk of getting in a revision war with someone, I am reverting the Royal Blue entry. The older version omits the W3 official standard color of "royalblue". I also added dictionary definition of "royal blue."

For whomever reverted, where did the color RGB: (36, 36, 94) come from? If you cannot document your source, please refain from contributing to the encyclopedia. Tee Owe 23:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I've just reverted an edit citing a source for the colour royal blue, not the web colour. Can I just point out that the site sources shows royalblue as the web colour and royal as the 'proper' royal blue. LookingYourBest 21:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Source for new Royal Blue

The color "Royal Blue" came from this site *as well as* the webcolor. This was changed by Tee Owe as the original color before he came along came from photoshop, #24245e, as stated earlier in this discussion. Personally I prefer the older color. Alekti 21:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] EU Flag remark

I've just removed a comment about the EU Flag having a "dark shade of Royal blue". I've removed it as it's a tad ambiguous. The EU Flag page states the colour is Reflex Blue. If we are going to list things that are lighter or darker shades of this colour we could list pretty much anything that's blue! LookingYourBest 12:41, 28 October 2007 (UTC)