Navy blue is a very dark shade of the

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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 obs ...

. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the

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since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other

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around the world. When this color name, taken from the usual color of the

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s of

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s, originally came into use in the early 19th century, it was initially called ''marine blue'', but the name of the color soon changed to ''navy blue''. An early use of ''navy blue'' as a color name in English was in 1840 though the ''

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'' has a citation from 1813.

Variations

Indigo dye

Indigo dye is the color that is called ''Añil'' (the

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word for "indigo dye") in the ''Guía de coloraciones'' (''Guide to colorations'') by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the

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realm. ''Indigo dye'' is the basis for all the historical navy blue colors, since in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century, almost all navy uniforms were made by dyeing them with various shades of indigo dye.

Navy blue (Crayola)

The

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color named "navy blue" is not as dark a shade as the standard navy blue shown above. This tone of navy blue was formulated as a Crayola color in 1958.

Peacoat

The source of this color is the "

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Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #19-3920 TCX—Peacoat.

Purple navy

Purple navy is a color that has been used by some navies. "Purple navy" in this color terminology usage is regarded as a shade of

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, a color which can be regarded as a tone of purple when using the common English definition of purple, i.e., a color between blue and red. The first recorded use of ''purple navy'' as a color name in

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was in 1926. The source of this color is ''Dictionary of Color Names'' (1955).

Persian indigo

Another name for this color (seldom used nowadays) is regimental, because in the 19th century it was commonly used by many nations for navy uniforms. The first recorded use of ''regimental'' (the original name for the color now called Persian indigo) as a color name in English was in 1912.

Space cadet

''Space cadet'' is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list widely popular in

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and

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. The color was formulated in 2007. This color is apparently a formulation of an impression of the color that cadets in

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training would wear.

In culture

Computers

* The color ''navy'' was one of the original 16 HTML/CSS colors initially formulated for standardized

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display in the late 1980s.

Military

* In many world navies, including the

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and the

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, uniforms which are called ''navy blue'' are, in actuality, colored

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, as the uniforms became darker due to counter fading. The Canadian Forces Dress Instructions specify that navy blue' is a tone of black". (See also

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and

Uniforms of the Canadian Forces The uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces are the official dress worn by members of Canada's military while on duty. Prior to the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, the uniforms of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and ...

Music

* ''Navy Blue'' is an album by

Diane Renay Diane Renay (born July 13, 1945), born Renee Diane Kushner, is an American pop singer, best known for her 1964 hit song, "Navy Blue". Early life Renay was born to a Jewish family in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She started singing at an ea ...

(all the songs are about sailors).

Sports

Navy blue is used by numerous professional and

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teams: ;

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* Scottish national team *United States men's and

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national teams *

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* West Bromwich Albion F.C. *

Genoa C.F.C. Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to as Genoa (), is a professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, that competes in , the second division of the Italian football league system. Established in 1893, Genoa is ...

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde (de ...

* Fenerbahçe S.K. *

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* Chicago Fire Soccer Club *

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* Viking Stavanger ;

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;

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Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...

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Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...

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New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division and play their hom ...

Oklahoma City Thunder The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays i ...

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...

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Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...

Houston Texans The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division, and play their home ga ...

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;American Collegiate Teams *

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University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

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