Midnight Blue (album)

Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue named for its resemblance to the identifiably blue color of a moonlit night sky on or near the night of a full moon. Midnight blue is the color of a vat full of Indigo dye; therefore, midnight blue may also be considered a dark shade of indigo. Midnight blue is identifiably blue to the eye in sun-light or full-spectrum light, but can appear black under certain more limited spectrums sometimes found in artificial lighting (especially early 20th century incandescent). It is similar to navy, which is a also a dark blue.

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.

Midnight blue
At right is displayed the color midnight blue.

This is the X11 web color midnight blue.

Dark midnight blue
At right is displayed the dark shade of midnight blue that is called midnight blue in Crayola crayons.

Midnight blue has been an official Crayola color since 1958; before that, since having been formulated by Crayola in 1949, it was called Prussian blue.

Midnight blue in culture
Comic books Fashion Military Sports Web site design
 * There is a comic-book character called Midnight Blue.
 * 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 almost indistinguishable from black. This has been the case since the 1930s, when the Duke of Windsor popularized the color in suits and tuxedos.
 * The dark blue coats of US Army and US Marine Corps dress blue uniforms is called midnight blue.
 * US Air Force Midnight Blue is the color used on ABU (Air Battle Uniform) nametapes and rank insignia. A thread color from the manufactures American and Efird that is used by a major supplier of military nametapes is color number 51621. Madeira embroidery thread (100% Viscose) color 1244 is also a very dark midnight (almost black) blue thread.
 * The Special Reconnaissance Regiment uses Midnight Blue on its stable belts, as a flat colour all round.
 * The University of Toledo Rockets use midnight blue and gold as their official team colors.
 * As it is a web-safe color, Midnight blue is an extremely popular color choice, showing up on various websites, including the latest version of Google's blog service, Blogger.