Midnight Blue - Midnight Blue in Culture

Midnight Blue in Culture

Comic books

  • There is a comic-book character called Midnight Blue.

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 almost indistinguishable from black. This has been the case since the 1930s, when the Duke of Windsor popularized the color in suits and tuxedos.

Military

  • 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.

Sports

  • The New York Yankees team colors are midnight blue and white.
  • The Buffalo Sabres have used midnight blue as an official team color ever since they discarded black & red as their team colors and returned to their blue & gold color scheme just before the start of the 2006-07 NHL season.
  • The Edmonton Oilers use midnight blue as an official team color, alongside copper.
  • The Dallas Mavericks have used midnight blue as one of their official team colors since the 2001-02 NBA season. Their former primary road uniforms were colored midnight blue with "DALLAS" spelled out in silver on the front. Currently, the Mavericks use midnight blue as their secondary color.
  • The Golden State Warriors have used midnight blue as one of their official team colors since the 1997-98 NBA season.
  • The Toledo Rockets use midnight blue and gold as their official team colors.
  • The Deccan Chargers use midnight blue and silver as their official team colors.
  • Fulham F.C. used a midnight blue third kit in 2009/10 season.
  • Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan, a type of Martial arts, uses midnight blue as an expert ranking.

Web site design

  • 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.

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