Midnight blue

Variations

X11

There are two major shades of midnight blue—the X11 color and the Crayola color. This color was originally called midnight. The first recorded use of midnight as a color name in English was in 1915.

At right is displayed the color midnight blue. This is the X11 web color midnight blue.

Dark midnight blue (Crayola)

At right is displayed the dark shade of midnight blue that is called midnight blue in Crayola crayons. Midnight blue became an official crayola color in 1958; before that, since having been formulated by Crayola in 1903, it was called Prussian blue.

In culture

Fashion

• Midnight blue is an alternative to black as a color for dinner jackets. Due to the deepness of the color, midnight blue formal clothes are often almost indistinguishable from black. The Duke of Windsor popularized the color in suits and tuxedos.

Music

• In 1963, American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell released the album Midnight Blue.
• In 1975, Melissa Manchester released "Midnight Blue".
• In 1987, rock vocalist Lou Gramm released a single entitled "Midnight Blue".
• In 2022, Taylor Swift began wearing midnight blue outfits as part of the promotion for her Midnights album. A year later, she sported wearing similarly colored costumes the last act of her Eras Tour.

References

References

1. Maerz and Paul (1930). ''A Dictionary of Color''. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 199; color sample of midnight: page 103, plate 40, color sample A8.