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Blue-gray, also spelled blue-grey is a medium blueish gray color. Another name for this color is livid; this color name comes from the Latin color term ''lividus'' meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color', and also used to describe the color of contused flesh, leading to the English expression 'black and blue ' ".〔Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Discussion of the color Livid Page 165〕 There is a range of colors called ''livid'' colors that combine the colors blue and gray. Some of these colors are shown below. Livid (blue-gray) is the opposite concept from brown. Brown colors are mainly ''dark orange'' and ''dark red'' colors—warm colors on the warm color side of the color wheel, while blue-gray (livid) colors are mainly ''dark blue'' and ''dark azure'' colors—colors on the opposite side of the color wheel—cool colors on the cool color side of the color wheel. The first recorded use of ''livid'' as a color name in English was in 1622.〔Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198〕 ''Blue-Gray'' was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990. ==Variations of blue-gray (livid)== The colors below are arranged according to value (brightness) (the v code in hsv), lightest at the top and darkest towards the bottom. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue-gray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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