Blue pigment Siamese cat names

The romance and the stories these artists' colours could tell! The pigment blue was once so expensive that few artists could even imagine experimenting with the subtitles of a summer sky. There was once a time when the ultimate social statement was not just having a portrait done, but filling it with prominent patches of blue! We might never guess this looking at old masters today - because blue no longer has any special status.

How appropriate that our Siamese cats should sport such intriguing types of name! Just have a look:

• Aureolin
• Azurite
• Cerulean Blue
• Cobalt Blue - this is both the name for the paint pigment and is also used to describe the intense blue glass of stained glass windows or even blue bottles, used commonly in Victorian times
• Indigo - a cheaper alternative (but not cheap) to the colour Ultramarine
• Maya, in honour of Maya Blue - a natural pigment that does not usually fade; used by the ancient Mayan people for spiritual ceremonies - find out much more from National Geographic
• Prussian, - Prussian Blue is a synthetic pigments discovered in 1704 by accident by Diesbach, a colour maker or dyer, who was trying to make red but discovered the whole world of blue instead.
• Royal Blue, originally produced from Lapis Lazuli, a stunning blue stone used by ancient Egyptians in jewelry, sculpture, goods for burials and make-up (yes, the first intense seductive blue eye liner and shadow)
• Smalt - yes, it is a blue colour!
• Ultramarine, translated as 'from beyond the sea' because for most consumers that is where it came from; extremely expensive and rare, and also made from Lapis Lazuli


Since the Siamese cat has a royal and privileged history, how appropriate to pick a Siamese cat name from one of these well connected, rare historical blue pigment names!

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