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Blauw and blauwe is Dutch for blue. It may refer to: People *Piet Blauw (1937–2019), Dutch politician Places *Blauwbrug ( nl, link=no, Blauw Bridge), Amsterdam, Netherlands *Blauwe Theehuis ( nl, link=no, Blauwe Teahouse), Vondelpark, Amsterdam, Netherlands *Blauwe Meer ( nl, link=no, Blue Lake), Drenthe, Netherlands *Blauwestad ( nl, link=no, Blauwe Town), Groningen, Netherlands Other uses *"Blauw", a 1991 song by Dutch band The Scene (Dutch band), The Scene *Amsterdams Blauw, a clothing line by Scotch & Soda (clothing) See also * * *Blau (other) *Blaw (other) *Blue (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called Tyndall effect explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective. Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament and later, in the Renaissance, to make the pigment ultramarine, the most expensive of all pigments. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
