Electric blue is a color close to cyan that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs.
The color electric blue comes in four basic shades..
The original electric blue, shown here as dark electric blue, was in vogue in the 1890s. The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1884.
The pale version of electric blue became popular in the 1950s and is a representation of the actual c...
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Electric blue is a color close to cyan that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs.
The color electric blue comes in four basic shades..
The original electric blue, shown here as dark electric blue, was in vogue in the 1890s. The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1884.
The pale version of electric blue became popular in the 1950s and is a representation of the actual color of an electric spark. When one mentions the color electric blue it is the pale version that many baby boomers think of as being electric blue.
A bright tint of electric blue shown here as rich electric blue became popular in the 1980s and 1990s for women's bikinis and is widely used in the sex industry.
In the fashion industry today, a medium color intermediate between the colors rich electric blue and dark electric blue is often termed electric blue in fabric for clothes designed for the mass market. A typical such color is shown below...
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