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Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue, is a shade of cyan (bluish-green color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin. The first recorded use of ''robin egg blue'' as a color name in
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was in 1873.


Variations


Tiffany Blue

Tiffany Blue is the
trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from othe ...
ed name for the light medium tone of robin egg blue associated with Tiffany & Co., the
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jewelry company.


Cultural associations

* In the United States, robin egg blue is often used as a
haint blue Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the southern United States. The tradition originated with the Gullah in Georgia and South Carolina. The ceiling of the slave quarters ...
for painting the ceilings of exterior
porch A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...
es, especially in the South."Ask OHJ", ''Old House Journal'', Nov/Dec 1994
p. 20
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See also

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Eggshell (color) The color eggshell is meant as a representation of the average color of a chicken egg. In interior design, the color ''eggshell'' is commonly used when one desires a pale, warm, neutral, off-white color. Paint gloss ''Eggshell paint'' also ref ...


References

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