Editing Azure (color) (section)

==In culture==
*''[[Côte d'Azur]]'' ("Azure Coast") is a name commonly used for the [[French Riviera]], part of France's southeastern coast on the Mediterranean.
* In [[Chinese mythology]], the [[Azure Dragon]] is one of the [[Four Symbols (Chinese constellation)|Four Symbols]] of the [[Chinese constellation]]s. It is sometimes called the ''Azure Dragon of the East'' ({{lang-zh|t=東方青龍|s=东方青龙|p=Dōngfāng Qīnglóng|first=t}}). Known as ''Seiryū'' ({{lang|ja|青竜}}) in Japan and ''Cheongryong'' ({{lang|ko|청룡}}／{{script|Hani|青龍}}) in Korea, it represents the east and the spring season.
* [[Savoy azure]] (''azzurro Savoia'') is a traditional national color for [[Italy]], taken from the traditional colors of the [[House of Savoy]], the ruling house of the [[Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia]] that established the [[Kingdom of Italy|first modern united Italian state]]. The association between azure and [[Italian nationalism]] led in the [[Italy national football team]] donning azure jerseys, giving them the nickname ''gli Azzurri'' ("the Azures"). It is also the color of the Italian state police (''[[Polizia di Stato]]'').
* Portuguese and Spanish tilework known as [[azulejo]] has the same etymology due to the color blue (''azul'') being used in its design.
[[File:Israel-flag01.jpg|thumb|Shades of azure, [[Tekhelet]] and [[blue]] are seen in this photo, depicting the [[Flag of Israel]] on the background of the [[sea]].]]
* In [[Hebrew]] the azure color is called [[Tekhelet]] ({{Lang|he|תכלת}}). Tekhelet and [[white]] are sacred colors for the [[Jewish people]]. In the [[Torah]] there is a [[mitzva]] to put a Tekhelet thread in the [[tzitzit]]. The colors Tekhelet and white are the [[National colors of Israel]] and appear in the [[flag of Israel]] (where the Tekhelet resembles [[blue]]).