WTH is cornflower blue?

[hitpawz@adobeforums.com]

I have to make a background a solid color and the client has asked that it be "Cornflower Blue". Can somebody please tell me if there is such a thing and what the CMYK values are for it?

I've found a billion sites referencing the color but nothing about what its values are and every single item that is supposed to be this color looks different to me. Is there really a standard color named this or is it like saying "Puke Green"?

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Mouseover color names here:
<http://www.nutrocker.co.uk/colorchart.html>

Cornflower Blue = #6495ed.

Convert to closest CMYK values.

[hitpawz@adobeforums.com]

Thank you

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

No prob, Bob!

Got GoLive?

There's a "Named Color" palette in GoLive's color picker that duplicates what's on the Nutrocker site.

[Gary_Newman@adobeforums.com]

Or, you can wait until late summer when the cornflowers are in bloom, and check it out in real life. They're quite a nice shade of blue.

[hitpawz@adobeforums.com]

If I wait until Saturday morning in the late summer I can get nice samples of both Cornflower Blue and Puke Green in one shot.

[JasonSmith@adobeforums.com]

Puke Green = 64/40/85/26

[TYP3G1RL@adobeforums.com]

Once upon a time there was a Crayola crayon with that name. It was my favorite color and always used the quickest.

[hitpawz@adobeforums.com]

Interesting, my favorite Crayola was the white crayon. It was the only one I didn't screw up with.

[Gregg_Degen@adobeforums.com]

The color breakdown is Red=39%, Green=58%, Blue=93%, Cornflower Blue (RGB)

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Funny enough...Cornflower Blue was always one of my favorite Crayolas as well.

Had an ex-girlfriend leave an oversized Cornflower-colored T-shirt at my house, and she let me keep it. I loved the color of that thing, and have been hard pressed to find another like it, now that it's worn out.

Perhaps I should page through women's wear catalogs?

[hitpawz@adobeforums.com]

Too many remarks come to mind ;)

[Dee Holmes]

Jeez,

That must of been an auful long time ago, Phosphor.

Way before I was born anyway.

I'm thinking color Cornflower=Crayon=T-Shirt. Very retro.

[Michael_H._Phillips@adobeforums.com]

hitpawz wrote:

If I wait until Saturday morning in the late summer I can get nice samples of both Cornflower Blue and Puke Green in one shot.

In the French version of Illustrator 5.5 there was a colour named "caca d'oie" (goose shit).

[hitpawz@adobeforums.com]

So is that green or brown? Or is it the classic black and white speckled bird doo?

Heads up! er.... I meant don't look up.

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Want a quick digiphoto?

Lemme run up the street to the wetlands...

Naaahhhh....WAY too O/T and gross.