Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gemstone of the same name. Sapphire gems most commonly occur in a range of blue shades, although they can come in many different colors. Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue, shown below.

Sapphire

Displayed at right is the color sapphire. The first recorded use of sapphire as a color name in English was in 1430.

Variations

Sapphire blue

At right is displayed the color sapphire blue.

Medium sapphire

Medium sapphire is the color called sapphire in Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 1994.

B'dazzled blue

B'dazzled blue is a color in Crayola Metallic FX, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 2001.

Blue sapphire

Displayed as right is the color blue sapphire. The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper Extended (TPX) color list color #18-4231 "Blue Sapphire".

King blue

Displayed as right is the color king blue, a variant of sapphire with a violet tone.

Dark sapphire

Dark sapphire is a dark tone of sapphire.

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