Denim (color)

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Denim
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#1560BD
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(21, 96, 189)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(213°, 89%, 74%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Denim is a shade of blue that resembles the shade of blue used in Denim.

Crayola created this color in 1993 as one of the new 16 colors

[edit] Denim in human culture

Clothing

• Denim is the color of Denim cloth, which after being dyed with Indigo dye, is used to make jeans.

Politics

• The Denim Revolution is a term used by the radical opposition in Belarus and their supporters in the West to describe their effort and aspirations.

Symbolism

• In the 1960s, denim symbolized youth culture because so many young baby boomers wore denim jeans.

[edit] See also

List of colors

v • d • e Shades of blue
Air Force blue	Alice blue	Azure	Baby blue	Blue	Brandeis blue	Cambridge Blue	Carolina blue	Cerulean	Cobalt blue
Columbia blue	Cornflower blue	Cyan	Dark blue	Denim	Dodger blue	Duke blue	Egyptian blue	Electric blue	Han blue
Indigo	International Klein blue	Light blue	Majorelle blue	Maya blue	Midnight blue	Navy blue	Periwinkle	Persian blue	Powder blue
Prussian blue	Royal blue	Sapphire	Sky blue	Steel blue	Teal	Ultramarine	Yale Blue
The samples shown above are representative only.