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Savoy blue (Italian: blu Savoia) or Savoy azure (azzurro Savoia), also known as Italian blue (blu italiano), is a shade of saturated blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, lighter than peacock blue. [1] Since the middle ages, it is the colour of the House of Savoy, the royal dynasty of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
The blue shirt was first worn on 6 January 1911 in a match against Hungary in Milan. [76] Even this case, the blue has been maintained despite the abolition of the Italian monarchy. [77] In sport, many men's national teams are known as the azzurri and women's teams as the azzurre (meaning "azure").
Thailand's accepted racing colours of mid blue with a lower yellow band and/or yellow wheels, are said to have been derived from the evening dress worn by a young woman met in London in the early thirties by Prince Bira of Siam, who lived in Europe and was a well-known racer of the time. Bira adopted the scheme for his cars from 1934 until he ...
A blue flag with a red line and a red eagle dominated by a red crown in the middle. 1938–1941 Standard of the Viceroy of Italian East Africa: A white flag with blue border, with the Savoy shield in the middle and four fasces at corners. 1936–1945 Flag of the Colonna Italiana: A tricolour flag with a red dagger and the red letters "G" and "L".
The notion of "green" in modern European languages corresponds to light wavelengths of about 520–570 nm, but many historical and non-European languages make other choices, e.g. using a term for the range of ca. 450–530 nm ("blue/green") and another for ca. 530–590 nm ("green/yellow").
Luce has blue hair, blue eyes and pale skin, and wears a yellow rain jacket, which is colored in reference to the flag of the Vatican City as well as a symbol for "journeying through life's storms". She carries a pilgrim's staff , which represents "the pilgrimage toward eternity", and wears mud-stained boots to represent "a long and difficult ...
Malta's road signage system is a mixture of that of Italy's as well as the United Kingdom's (with certain Italian signs being mirrored due to Malta driving on the left). San Marino and the Vatican City —both microstates located within Italy—almost wholly share the same road signage system used in Italy.
Gorgonzola may be eaten in many ways, as with all blue cheeses. It is often added to salads, either straight or as part of a blue cheese dressing. Combined with other soft cheeses, it is an ingredient of pizza quattro formaggi ('four cheese pizza'). It is often used as a topping for steak, sometimes as a sauce with Port or other sweet wine.