What colour is Manchester City blue?

[chrisi]

 

[sweynforkbeard]

Surely it always has been, is now and will eternally remain

TRUE BLUE

 

[Duphrates]

Pantone 284C

 

[BufordUSABlue]

ok then ,you did ask. I'm a printer and i would say that city blue is Pantone 306u!! Bet your glad you asked now?

if you were a good printer,you would no that surley

Nay - i beg to differ sablue, you cant beat a good debate on Pantone references on a Thursday afternoon, it gets yer juices flowing for the weekend :-) !!

 

[Nicky D]

For me, the true 'City blue' is the deeper sky blue seen throughout the 70s. As much as I love the new shirt, it still doesn't get close to that colour tbh; whether it's similar to the sky blue of the 60s is for other, older blues to say I guess.

It seems that no matter who produces our kits, the shade of blue opted for is either too light; an insipid, wishy-washy blue; or too dark; the 'lazer blue'.

 

[Neil McNab]

ok then ,you did ask. I'm a printer and i would say that city blue is Pantone 306u!! Bet your glad you asked now?

if you were a good printer,you would no that surley

Why is he surly

 

[colinbellsballboy]

When we first started playing in it, the colour was usually referred to as "Cambridge blue", I believe. Sky blue as a description came in later.

Always irked me that Coventry had branded themseves the Sky Blues after nicking the colour from us.

Concur with above post,Man. City`s colour is Cambridge Blue.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

lol! Sorry mate, I know it's late but I'm curious! Was playing in photoshop trying to do something earlier and was struggling to get it right, and now i've done it it STILL doesn't look right. Was just wondering if there were any webdesigners/photoshoppers out there who'd actually had a play around and figured out what colour the new home shirt actually is, the "holy grail" so to speak!

This I do know, I asked Umbro when doing the Sheikh Mansour banner. The Pantone is SKY BLUE PANTONE: 284 C:55% M:19% Y:0% K:0%.

That's spoilt the day for me, Wheelsy, knowing that my beloved sky blue has been tainted with 19% magenta.

 

[markbmcfc]

Download a program called Eyedropper. It picks out the RGB of any colour.

Go on the City website, to the shop, get a pic of the shirt, then use Eyedropper to get the RGB values.

I can tell you now, that Manchester City blue is:

R: 137
G: 178
B: 234

Give or take a few values due to how the light hits the shirt/shadowing etc.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

I'd say the new kit is Baby Blue

 

[BlueDune]

Download a program called Eyedropper. It picks out the RGB of any colour.

Go on the City website, to the shop, get a pic of the shirt, then use Eyedropper to get the RGB values.

I can tell you now, that Manchester City blue is:

R: 137
G: 178
B: 234

Give or take a few values due to how the light hits the shirt/shadowing etc.

Pantone 284C

Pantone 284 is
R: 117
G: 170
B: 219

 

[markbmcfc]

Download a program called Eyedropper. It picks out the RGB of any colour.

Go on the City website, to the shop, get a pic of the shirt, then use Eyedropper to get the RGB values.

I can tell you now, that Manchester City blue is:

R: 137
G: 178
B: 234

Give or take a few values due to how the light hits the shirt/shadowing etc.

Pantone 284C

Pantone 284 is
R: 117
G: 170
B: 219

Give or take a few values due to how the light hits the shirt/shadowing etc.

Read my quote again smartarse.

 

[trotsky]

Our original colours (blue, white and maroon) come from the colours of the Masonic Lodge, which had a strong link with us in days of yore. The same is true of other clubs (Villa etc); so for the true city blue look to Masonic colours. You could google it, but I doubt you'll get access without rolling up your trouser leg and giving the funny handshake.

 

[blue dallas]

sky blue Einstein !

 

[Wheelsy]

Pantone 284C

Pantone 284 is
R: 117
G: 170
B: 219

But isn't it 55% of 284? So something like this?

 

[UlsterCitizen]

The maroon on the socks, now them were the days

 

[Norb]

for what it's worth, Pantone 284 C is one of the core colours for Cambridge University communications, page 3 of the pdf gives Desktop RGB and websafe values

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/communications/services/identityguidelines/guidelines-colour.pdf

 

[pb1951]

Can anyone tell me what is the true colour of city ie shade of blue. In my day (1960's) it was sky blue now it changes with every new shirt launch.
I want to spray my scooter in city blue what in your opinion is the best shade of blue based on today's "car colours " I would appreciate any help
My first thoughts are The sky blue of Fiat or the deeper of the Ford kuga

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

I'd go with this shade of blue:

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As these guys founded us originally.

 

[bitsmith]

What kind of question is that? Mind fuck!

lol! Sorry mate, I know it's late but I'm curious! Was playing in photoshop trying to do something earlier and was struggling to get it right, and now i've done it it STILL doesn't look right. Was just wondering if there were any webdesigners/photoshoppers out there who'd actually had a play around and figured out what colour the new home shirt actually is, the "holy grail" so to speak!

You should have a tool on Photoshop where you just click on photo and it saves the color. I'm not using PS, it's too complicated but I have that option in my Ulead, guess PS should have it too.

So, you should have a nice resolution photo of City shirt, click on it and then see what color it is.