Cerulean

Cerulean (/səˈruːliən/), also spelled caerulean, is a color term that may be applied to certain colors with the hue ranging roughly between blue and cyan, overlapping with both. It also largely overlaps with azure and sky blue, although cerulean is dimmer.

The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in 1590. The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus, "dark blue, blue or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky".

Use in artistic painting

In classical times, cerulean was used to describe blue pigments, particularly mixtures of copper and cobaltous oxides. These early attempts to create sky blue colors were often less than satisfactory due to greenish hues and lack of permanence. When the pigment cerulean blue (shown in the color box to the left) was invented, it largely superseded all these prior pigments. See also Tekhelet.

Cerulean blue

At right is displayed the color cerulean blue.

The first recorded use of cerulean blue as a color name in English was in 1859.

Cerulean (album)

Cerulean is the first studio album by electronic artist Baths. It was released in 2010 on Anticon.

Reception

The album has received generally favorable reviews from critics. It was included on two end-of-year lists; it was named by The A.V. Club as the 21st best album of 2010, while Pitchfork Media gave it an "Honorable Mention" in their countdown of the best albums of 2010.

Track listing

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Cerulean (disambiguation)

Cerulean is a shade of blue.

Cerulean may also refer to: