Bleu bleuet

Bleu bleuet, cornflower blue.

Bleu bleuet or bleu barbeau (French, cornflower blue), the light blue (cyan) colour of the cornflower (Cyanus segetum), was a fashionable colour for men in the early 19th century. Napoleon’s orderlies (officiers d’ordonnance) wore cornflower blue coats with white metal buttons.

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