Azure in Human Culture
- Cloud computing
- Microsoft Corporation announced on 17 November 2009 it will launch its Windows Azure cloud computing system on 1 January 2010.
- Comic Books
- Azure Blue is a villain in the Carl Barks story The Golden Helmet in the 1952 comic book Donald Duck Four Color #408.
- Computer Games
- In the computer game Diablo using an eldritch shrine will give you the message "Crimson and Azure becomes as the sun".
- In the classic first person shooter Quake, a level is titled "Azure Agony", and features a blue color scheme.
- Azure Kite is one of the main supporting characters in .hack.
- In the first .hack// game series on PS2, two of the friends of the main character, Kite, are known by special names. They are Orca of the Azure Sea and Balmung of the Azure Sky.
- In the fighting game series Soul Calibur, the character Nightmare is nicknamed the Azure Knight.
- Azelf from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl is named for the color azure and the mythological creature, the elf.
- Food
- The Jell-O gelatin dessert flavor berry blue is colored a bright tone of azure.
- Geography
- Azure Coast (Côte d'Azur) is a name commonly used for the French Riviera, part of France's southeastern coast on the Mediterranean.
- Music
- Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink, that active primarily from 2001 to 2004, and since 2009.
- "Azure Blue" is a jazz/blues fusion composition written by Edward Bland. Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie first recorded the tune on his 1969 live LP Sweet Soul, which consisted entirely of Bland's compositions, and has since been reissued on several compilation packages.
- Mythology
- In Chinese mythology, the Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the Azure Dragon of the East (simplified Chinese: 东方青龙; traditional Chinese: 東方青龍; pinyin: Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng), and it is known as Seiryū in Japan and Cheongryong in Korea. It represents the east and the spring season.
- National colours
- Azure (azzurro) is the national color for Italy, as well as the colour of the Italian police (Polizia di Stato).
- Religion
- In the teachings of the UFO religion the Unarius Academy of Science, the capital of Venus, which, like the Venusians themselves, is said to exist on a higher vibratory plane, is called Azure.
- Sports
- Some professional teams use the color sky blue:
- Argentina: Racing Club de Avellaneda
- England: Manchester City F.C., Coventry City F.C.
- Italy: S.S.C. Napoli
- Japan: Júbilo Iwata, Yokohama F.C., Sagan Tosu
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Famous quotes containing the words azure in, azure, human and/or culture:
“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
By the false azure in the windowpane;
I was the smudge of ashen fluff—and I
Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“The purity men love is like the mists which envelop the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.”
—Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
“Our culture still holds mothers almost exclusively responsible when things go wrong with the kids. Sensing this ultimate accountability, women are understandably reluctant to give up control or veto power. If the finger of blame was eventually going to point in your direction, wouldn’t you be?”
—Ron Taffel (20th century)