Blue-gray

Blue-Gray (Livid) (#6699CC)

Blue-gray, also spelled blue-grey is a medium blueish gray color. Another name for this color is livid; this color name comes from the Latin color term lividus meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color', and also used to describe the color of contused flesh, leading to the English expression 'black and blue ' ".

There is a range of colors called livid colors that combine the colors blue and gray. Some of these colors are shown below.

Livid (blue-gray) is the opposite concept from brown. Brown colors are mainly dark orange and dark red colors—warm colors on the warm color side of the color wheel, while blue-gray (livid) colors are mainly dark blue and dark azure colors—colors on the opposite side of the color wheel—cool colors on the cool color side of the color wheel.

The first recorded use of livid as a color name in English was in 1622.

Blue-Gray was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Variations of blue-gray (livid)

The colors below are arranged according to value (brightness) (the v code in hsv), lightest at the top and darkest towards the bottom.

Blue and Gray (board game)

Blue and Gray is an abstract strategy board game for two players invented by Henry Busch and Arthur Jaeger in 1903. They obtained a patent for the game, but may never have published it. Blue and Gray was featured in the book A Gamut of Games (1969) by Sid Sackson. It was also featured in The Book of Classic Board Games (1991) by Klutz Press under the name Cats and Dogs. In this book, the game was ranked among the top 15 board games of all time, including checkers, backgammon, Go, and mancala. The game is also known as Wild West, Thumps Game, and Captain and Soldiers. Blue and Gray is a distant relative of draughts.

Goal

The object of the game is to advance the captain to the center of the board (marked as a red dot) through the 17-step outlined path. The first to accomplish this is the winner. At the same time, each player tries to prevent the advancement of the other's captain.

If neither player can advance their captain further down the outlined path, the player whose captain has advanced farthest wins.

The Blue and the Gray

The Blue and the Gray or variant may refer to: