24 Shades of Persian Color

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1. #1c39bb

   

   Persian Blue Color

   Persian blue traces to the cobalt glazes on Iranian mosque tiles, where craftsmen achieved a depth Europe couldn’t match for centuries. This Persian Blue color at #1c39bb is vivid and deep with a violet edge, carrying the intensity of Safavid tilework in Isfahan.

2. #cc3333

   

   Persian Red Color

   Henry Hobson Richardson insisted on a Persian red ground for John La Farge’s murals inside Trinity Church in Boston. Persian Red color code #cc3333 is Wikipedia’s value, a warm brick-scarlet tied to an iron-rich earth pigment from the Persian Gulf. The name first turned up in English in 1895.

3. #00a693

   

   Persian Green Color

   Persian green is named for the glazes on Persian pottery and echoes the mineral malachite, and English speakers first recorded it as a color name in 1891. Persian Green color #00a693 is what the ISCC-NBS dictionary calls brilliant bluish green.

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