Powder Blue - Dark Powder Blue (smalt)

Dark Powder Blue (smalt)

The original, darker powder blue color referred to smalt, a crushed-glass product used in laundering and dyeing applications and of a deep, dark blue hue. The cobalt blue colored glass was itself made from zaffre.

The first recorded use of powder blue (meaning the dark blue color) as a color name in English was in 1707.

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