<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[nowathome]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://nowathome.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Aletta - nowathome]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://nowathome.wordpress.com/author/nowathome/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[One Word Photo Challenge:&nbsp;Cerulean]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><b>Cerulean</b>, also spelled <b>caerulean</b>, is a colour term that may be applied to certain colors with the hue ranging roughly between blue and cyan, overlapping with both. It also largely overlaps with azure and sky blue, although cerulean is dimmer.</p>
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<p>The first recorded use of <i>cerulean</i> as a color name in English was in 1590.The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus, &#8220;dark blue, blue or blue-green&#8221;, which in turn probably derives from <i>caelulum</i>, diminutive of <i>caelum</i>, &#8220;heaven, sky&#8221;<img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3461" src="https://nowathome.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_2194.jpg?w=474&#038;h=355" alt="IMG_2194" width="474" height="355" /></p>
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