Capri (color)

Capri
Capri
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
Source	ColorHexa
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant greenish blue
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Capri or deep sky blue is a deep shade of

Roman Emperor Tiberius, including his Imperial residence in his later years, the Villa Jovis. Specifically, the color Capri is named after the color of the Blue Grotto on the island of Capri,^[2]

as it appears on a bright sunny day.

The first use of Capri as a color name in English was in 1920.

X11 color names

over 1985–1989.

References

^ "Deep sky blue / #00bfff hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 152 Discussion of the color Capri
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191

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[1] "Deep sky blue / #00bfff hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2022-12-04.

[2] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 152 Discussion of the color Capri

[3] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191

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