Ctt. Big Ben ‘Blue Mountain’

[southernbelle]

(Ctt. Portia x C. mossiae coerulea)
I didn’t want to hijack TerryRos thread on C. Arthos so created a new post. DrLeslieEe explained the color coerulea and I remembered this as the nearest example I have of it (I think). Determining the color required putting a magenta pink next to it to see if there are gray tones, reminded me of how the color of a diamond is determined. It’s compared to another diamond.
First image outdoors not direct sun in May 8:43 am
Second outdoors in sun in Sept 10:45 am.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Nice coerulea ,).

 

[terryros]

I think it approaches the ideal coerulea color more in the early morning, non-direct light. In direct sunlight my eyes start seeing more "purple".

 

[Ozpaph]

i see lavender

 

[Just1more]

Whenever I see these colors the song Lavendar Blue immediately comes to mind!