The color robin egg blue is displayed at right. It is a web-safe color and an official Crayola color. In the early 1990s, the crayon was originally included unlabeled in Crayola boxes, and purchasers were asked to submit ideas for the color's name.
Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue, approximates the shade of the eggs laid by the American Robin.
The first recorded use of robin egg blue as a color name in English was in 1873.
Read more about Robin Egg Blue: Robin Egg Blue in Human Culture
Famous quotes containing the words robin, egg and/or blue:
“It’s June in January because I’m in love.”
—Leo Robin (1900–1984)
“The egg is back. The egg is back.”
—Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian president. New York Times, p. 10A (September 6, 1994)
“Tommy is three and when he’s bad
his mother dances with him.
She puts on the record,
“Red Roses for a Blue Lady”
and throws him across the room.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)