Tiffany Blue is the
colloquial
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name for the light medium
robin egg blue color
Color (or colour in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though co ...
associated with
Tiffany & Co., the
New York City
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jewelry
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company
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created by Charles Tiffany and John Young in 1837. The
cyan
Cyan () is the color between blue and green on the visible spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength between 500 and 520 nm, between the wavelengths of green and blue.
In the subtractive color system, or CMYK c ...
color was used on the cover of Tiffany's ''Blue Book'', first published in 1845. Since then, Tiffany & Co. has used the color extensively on promotional materials like boxes and bags.
Since 1998, the Tiffany Blue color has been registered as a
color trademark by Tiffany & Co.
It is produced as a private custom color by
Pantone
Pantone LLC (stylized as PANTONE) is an American limited liability company headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey, and best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color order system used in a variety of industries, notably gr ...
, with PMS number 1837, the number deriving from the year of Tiffany's foundation.
There are several palettes that show variations of the color, from lightest to darkest, but Tiffany is unique.
See also
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Lists of colors
References
External links
Tiffany & Co. website
{{Shades of cyan, Tiffany Blue
Trademarks
Shades of cyan
Shades of blue