Editing Azure (color) (section)

{{Short description|Bright, cyan-blue colour}}
{{Redirect|Azure blue|the RAL color|Azure blue (RAL)}}
{{about|the color|the heraldic tincture|Azure (heraldry)||Azure (disambiguation)}}
{{See also|Shades of azure|Shades of blue}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox color 
| title=Azure
| hex=0080FF
| image={{photomontage
|photo1a= ChalcanthitefranceII.jpg
|photo1b= Alcedo azurea - Julatten (cropped) 2 (cropped).jpg
|photo1c= TfNSW T4 (cropped 2).png
|photo2a= Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2.jpg
|photo2b= Petr Čech, Strahov (cropped) 3.jpg
|photo3a= DE10-1109-Tobu.jpg
| size = 243
| color_border = #AAAAAA
| color =  #F9F9F9
|caption=(clockwise)Chalcanthite, Azure kingfisher, Petr Čech, DE10 1109 diesel locomotive, Panel of the Battle of Aljubarrota by Jorge Colaço
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| source=On the [[:File:RGB color wheel.svg|RGB and CMYK color wheel]], Azure is defined as the colour halfway between [[blue]] and [[cyan]]. The colour halfway between blue and cyan on the RGB color wheel has a hex code of 0080FF.<ref>On colour plate 33 (page 89) of the 1930 book ''A Dictionary of Color'' by Maerz and Paul, the colours on the right side of colour plate 33 from top to bottom represent the most highly saturated colours on the [[color wheel]] from [[cyan]] to azure, and the colours on the bottom of colour plate 33 from right to left represent the most highly saturated colours on the colour wheel from azure to [[blue]]. The colour sample that represents azure is colour sample L12 on Plate 33 on Page 89. See reference to Azure on Page 190 in the index. See also discussion of the color azure, Page 149.</ref>
| isccname=Vivid blue|cmyk=(100, 50, 0, 0)}}
[[File:Azurblau Pigment.JPG|thumb|Azure pigment]]

'''Azure''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|ʒ|ər|,_|ˈ|eɪ|ʒ|ər}} {{respell|AZH|ər|,_|AY|zhər}}, {{IPAc-en|UKalso|ˈ|æ|z|jʊər|,_|ˈ|eɪ|z|jʊər}} {{respell|AZ|ure|,_|AY|zure}})<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref><ref name=lexico>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/azure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204170343/https://www.lexico.com/definition/azure |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-04 |title=azure |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> is the color between [[cyan]] and [[blue]] on the [[visible spectrum|spectrum]] of visible [[light]]. It is often described as [[sky blue|the color]] of the [[sky]] on a clear day.<ref name=lexico/><ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|azure|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>

On the [[:File:RGB color wheel.svg|RGB color wheel]], "azure" ([[Web colors#Hex triplet|hexadecimal]] #0080FF) is defined as the color at 210 degrees, i.e., the [[hue]] halfway between [[Shades of blue#Blue (RGB) (X11 blue)|blue]] and cyan. In the [[RGB color model]], used to create all the colors on a television or computer screen, azure is created by adding a 50% of green light to a 100% of blue light.

In the [[X11 color names|X11 color system]], which became a model for early [[web colors]], azure is depicted as a pale cyan or white cyan.