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The term blue generally describes colors perceived by humans observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. [12] Blues with a higher frequency and thus a shorter wavelength gradually look more violet, while those with a lower frequency and a longer wavelength gradually appear more green. Purer blues are in the middle of this range, e.g., around 470 nanometres. In 1993, high-brightness blue LEDs were demonstrated by Shuji Nakamura of Nichia Corporation. [16] [17] [18] In parallel, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Nagoya University were working on a new development which revolutionized LED lighting. [19] [20] The Blue Badge scheme does not fully apply in 4 central London boroughs due to specific traffic management concerns in these areas. These are the City of Westminster, the City of London, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and part of the London Borough of Camden. So if you’re not sure what AdBlue is for, which vehicles use it and where and how often you need to top it up, don’t worry as you’re not alone. Our guide to AdBlue tells you everything you’ll need to know. So what is AdBlue made of?

Fortunately, you car will monitor consumption and give you a series of dashboard warnings as the level drops. It’s wise not to ignore them, as once the AdBlue is all gone the car may not start until the tank is topped up again. (This is to ensure cars don't drive illegally with high exhaust emissions.) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is another professional English football team that was founded in the late 1800s and continues to play professionally to this day. Although most of their apparel is white, team members often feature accents in this distinctive shade of dark blue. The Milwaukee Brewers, another professional baseball team with a predominately navy blue color scheme, were originally founded in Seattle in 1969. Since then, they’ve moved across the country to their current home in Wisconsin, where they seem poised to stay for a long time.In 1799 a French chemist, Louis Jacques Thénard, made a synthetic cobalt blue pigment which became immensely popular with painters. You must never give the badge to friends or family to allow them to have the benefit of the parking concessions.

Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. [2] It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The term blue generally describes colors perceived by humans observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called the Tyndall effect explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective. Blue can also affect a person's physiological functions. For instance, research has found that the color blue can reduce a person's heart rate, causing a "sleepy effect." It can also lower body temperature. Blue Feelings The Romans had many words for varieties of blue, including caeruleus, caesius, glaucus, cyaneus, lividus, venetus, aerius, and ferreus, but two words, both of foreign origin, became the most enduring; blavus, from the Germanic word blau, which eventually became bleu or blue; and azureus, from the Arabic word lazaward, which became azure. [67] You cannot legally be wheelclamped on the public highway (‘on-street’) for parking offences, provided you correctly display a valid Blue Badge according to the rules of the scheme. Automotive urea, in case you were wondering, is not an animal derived product although we do excrete urea in urine, it's at much lower concentrations. The stuff used in your car is a man-made substance created by exposing synthetic ammonia and carbon dioxide to heat. As well as being used in liquid form, AdBlue suppliers also make dry pellets for farmers to scatter on their fields as a form of fertiliser. How to use AdBlueSee Parking in central London below for further details. Town centres where local schemes are in operation

The art of the Byzantine Empire was marked by vivid colors and expressive imagery, so it should come as no surprise that Byzantine Blue should have that same characteristic brightness that helped establish the impact of the empire that gave this color its name. The author of Viagra and vision attributes cyanopsia after taking sildenafil to diminished enzyme activity, thereby sensitizing the retinal rod cells. [1] Rod cells are most sensitive to light of wavelengths near 498 nm; such light appears blue-green. When light levels are low enough for both rods and cone cells to be active ( mesopic vision) the enhanced rod activity induces the bluish visual tint. Robin’s eggs are some of the few distinctively blue objects found in nature, and the eye-catching color of those little eggs has left an indelible mark upon the human imagination. Another shade of blue that veers closer to the gray side of the color wheel, Stone Blue actually has hints of green and yellow running throughout it. These underlying notes give this muted color a mossy or weathered look, adding to its stony nature.

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Majorelle Blue is a stunningly bright blue named after the French artist Jacques Majorelle, who drew inspiration from Moroccan art and architecture and trademarked the color as his own invention. In the 19th century, police in the United Kingdom, including the Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police also adopted a navy blue uniform. Similar traditions were embraced in France and Austria. [83] It was also adopted at about the same time for the uniforms of the officers of the New York City Police Department. [76] Religion