One of my favorite clothing colors is “French Blue” a brilliant bright ultramarine color which is best known for its use in men’s suits and shirts. French Blue is the same color as French ultramarine—the synthetic version of ultramarine (a princely and ancient pigment made of crushed lapis lazuli). It’s hard to tell if “French Blue” is really French or not—I couldn’t find the equivalent in this French dictionary of color, but it is certainly beautiful and fashionable.
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November 21, 2015 at 11:39 PM
Meg Miller
So that is French Blue! I’ve always thought it was lighter and greyer, synonymous with Cadet Blue. Thank you.
November 24, 2015 at 12:18 PM
Wayne
There was a year (’98) when bright French blue was everywhere. But colors drift over time (and mean different things to different demographics), so you could also be right.
November 25, 2015 at 1:33 AM
frithkin
Its not Yves Klein blue is it ? Yves was French and he liked blue and there is a blue called Yves Klein blue now .
December 17, 2015 at 1:23 PM
Wayne
That sounds like an amazing post in its own right! What color would Frithkin be? I think “Ferrebee” would be a pale chartreuse…
September 3, 2016 at 4:26 AM
frithkin
I think Frithkin as a colour would be octarine !?
September 7, 2016 at 12:11 PM
Wayne
What a magical hue! (or so I have heard, I am still waiting to matriculate to UU)
December 17, 2015 at 8:52 PM
frithkin
I think Frithkin would be some kind of purple ? I like chartreuse also and umber .