What colour is Manchester City blue?

[sir baconface]

The shade of blue changes from one year to the next, so “light blue” is probably the best description.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Saved a report of the first match I saw, it says "Manchester City neatly attired in sky blue jerseys, Newcastle looking dour and grim in black & white." (1955.)
So, sky blue. And white shorts, always.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Originally, Ardwick/Manchester City wore Cambridge Blue shirts and white shorts. This is a greenish blue.
https://www.colorhexa.com/a3c1ad
(See colour chart at the bottom for tone variants.)

But for most of the clubs history various flavours of Sky Blue shirts and White shorts have been worn.
https://www.colorhexa.com/87ceeb
(See colour chart at the bottom for tone variants.)

Though occasionally the shirt colour has drifted to light blue a colour between the above two tones:
https://www.colorhexa.com/add8e6
(See colour chart at the bottom for tone variants.)

Only only exception being the Laser Blue years

Socks have generally been the same colour as the shirts but with White/Navy Blue/Maroon tops. But occasionally the Navy Blue or Maroon has taken over as the main sock colour.

Generally the tones change from manufacturer to manufacturer though occasionally it changes from season to season to differentiate the shirt from the previous one. Sometimes the shirt has two tones mixed as a pattern (see 5-1 Maine Road derby victory for example) or this years as the voice recording on the sleeve.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Originally, Ardwick/Manchester City wore Cambridge Blue shirts and white shorts. This is a greenish blue.
https://www.colorhexa.com/a3c1ad
(See colour chart at the bottom for tone variants.)

But for most of the clubs history various flavours of Sky Blue shirts and White shorts have been worn.
https://www.colorhexa.com/87ceeb
(See colour chart at the bottom for tone variants.)

Though occasionally the shirt colour has drifted to light blue a colour between the above two tones:
https://www.colorhexa.com/add8e6
(See colour chart at the bottom for tone variants.)

Only only exception being the Laser Blue years

Socks have generally been the same colour as the shirts but with White/Navy Blue/Maroon tops. But occasionally the Navy Blue or Maroon has taken over as the main sock colour.

Generally the tones change from manufacturer to manufacturer though occasionally it changes from season to season to differentiate the shirt from the previous one. Sometimes the shirt has two tones mixed as a pattern (see 5-1 Maine Road derby victory for example) or this years as the voice recording on the sleeve.

Didn't we start out when Saint Marks in a black kit with a big crusader style crusafix as a badge?

 

[Deleted member 77198]

These are all listed as types of sky blue

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Didn't we start out when Saint Marks in a black kit with a big crusader style crusafix as a badge?

I think St Mark’s kit was maroon and black halves and Gorton FC’s kit was the black kit with white cross.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

I think St Mark’s kit was maroon and black halves and Gortin FC’s kit was the black kit with white cross.

Yeah I wasn't sure which club name it was, but I knew we'd played in black at one point.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

 

[DrBlueBob]

Corduroy; Stevie Wonder's favourite colour.

 

[tregyblue61]