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A blue so iconic Tiffany trademarked the color and called it a flex.
means A pale, soft blue-green color resembling the eggs of the American robin.
from Named straight from the nest: the American robin (Turdus migratorius) lays clutches of distinctively pale blue eggs, and by the 19th century English speakers were using "robin's-egg blue" as a color name. The bird itself is named after "robin," originally a familiar pet form of the name Robert — the same affectionate naming that gave England's red-breasted robin its name, later transferred by colonists to the unrelated but similarly red-breasted American thrush.
- Why blue
- Pigment biliverdin filters sun, shielding embryos like sunscreen
- Color decoy
- Brighter blue signals a healthier, fitter mother bird
- Clutch size
- Usually three to five eggs per nest
- Quick exit
- Chicks hatch in under two weeks
- Tiffany lock
- That blue is a legally protected trademark color
american robin egg — bright blue eggs laid by turdus migratorius, the most common bird in north america
tiffany blue — pantone 1837 color named after robin egg blue, tiffany & co.'s signature shade since 1845