Prompt 5 of 7
Name a shade of blue
52 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Smalt— Ground cobalt glass used as a pigment from the 1500s. The original synthetic blue, made by pulverizing imported ore. Barely anyone paints with it today, which is their loss.
85 ptsDeep Cut18 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Air force blue
- Alice blue
- Cambridge blue
- Celeste
- Columbia blue
- Egyptian blue
- French blue
- Glaucous
- Klein blue
- Lapis lazuli
- Majorelle blue
- Maya blue
- Oxford blue
- Peacock blue
- Persian blue
- Prussian blue
- True blue
- Zaffre
60 ptsRare12 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Azure
- Cadet blue
- Carolina blue
- Cyan
- Denim
- Dodger blue
- Electric blue
- Ice blue
- Ocean blue
- Sapphire
- Slate blue
- Tiffany blue
30 ptsSchooler13 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Aqua
- Aquamarine
- Cerulean
- Cobalt blue
- Cornflower blue
- Indigo
- Midnight blue
- Periwinkle
- Powder blue
- Robin's egg blue
- Steel blue
- Teal
- Turquoise
15 ptsToo Clever2 answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Ultramarine— The art-class answer. Historically made from ground lapis lazuli and worth more than gold. Very cool to know. Very popular to mention.
- YInMn blue— Discovered by accident at Oregon State in 2009 and hailed as the first new blue pigment in two centuries. Every colour-nerd thread has name-dropped it since.
10 ptsPlankton6 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Baby blue
- Dark blue
- Light blue
- Navy blue
- Royal blue
- Sky blue