Black and royal blue work as a combination when you can clearly see the difference between the two colours from a distance. Royal Blue is a classic colour: so combines well with classic black. The combination is unusual enough to always look smart in whatever situation you wear it.

If you are making your own royal blue, add 20-22 drops of blue food coloring and six to eight drops of red food coloring. Thoroughly mix the food coloring in the frosting until it is fully mixed. You may add more food coloring if it does not come out your desired shade.

The colors that a person would need to mix in order to make royal blue are primary blue and purple. Since royal blue is a shade of blue, all you need to do is darken the blue to make royal blue. The color wheel starts with three primary colors which are red, blue and yellow.

Royal blue is a deep and vivid shade of blue. It is said to have been created by clothiers in Rode, Somerset, a consortium of whom won a competition to make a dress for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III.

For a sapphire is to be called “blue,” its secondary colors (e.g. green or purple) must not account for more than 15% of its color. Many people are drawn to a dark vivid blue color that is often referred to as “royal blue.” This color blue is deep and has undertones of violet or purple.

Electric blue is completely different from royal blue. It’s a light shade of blue and more similar to aqua or cyan blue. The color is darker than pastel blue and baby blue but lighter than royal blue, regal blue, or cobalt blue.

What colours match with blue?

• Light blue looks great with yellow and shades of pink.
• Royal blue looks great with bold colours such as red, white, pale pink and yellow.
• Baby blue looks great with complementary colours such as white, grey, peach, pink, and dark blue.

What is the difference between Cobalt Blue Royal Blue and Navy Blue? Navy is the darkest of the three shades while cobalt is the lightest. Royal blue is the brightest of these three shades of blue. Cobalt blue is darker than sky blue shade and is used more often in glassware and ceramics.

Blue. Blue is a primary color across all models of colour space. It is the color of the ocean and the sky; it often symbolizes serenity, stability, inspiration, wisdom or health. It can be a calming color, and symbolize reliability.

Cobalt blue works well with all colours — try it with black, navy, white, camel, red, orange and green. Layering varying shades of the colour is the perfect way to wear cobalt blue.

Midnight blue is darker than navy blue and is generally considered to be the deepest shade of blue, one so dark that it might be mistaken for black.