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ppponetoday at 6:44 AM3 repliesview on HN

I would love to know if "Cambridge Blue" is actually blue to the average person, because, to me, it's green...

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Blue_(colour)


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mrweaseltoday at 7:20 AM

That's beige, but green.

thepratoday at 7:05 AM

that's green! whoever invented the name of the colour had a different vision

philipwhiuktoday at 9:23 AM

It's named after Oxford Blue, which is in fact, blue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Blue_(colour)

The Cambridge Rugby blue which pre-dates the Boating blue is also more properly blue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University_R.U.F.C.