Meanings
- artAn intense deep blue hue achieved by means of ultramarine pigment and a binder.
So crucial was this to him that he even went to the lengths of taking out a patent on the color he had invented, IKB, or International Klein Blue (p. 17).
2001, Hannah Weitemeier, Klein, Taschen, →ISBN, page 19Synonyms: IKB
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn intense deep blue hue achieved by means of ultramarine pigment and a binder.
Origin
Named after French artist Yves Klein (1928–1962), who first mixed it.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Internasionale Klein-blou
- Internasionale Klein-bloudeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Chinese Mandarin 國際奇連藍 /国际奇连蓝, 國際克萊因藍 /国际克莱因蓝
- 國際奇連藍 /国际奇连蓝 (guójì Qílián lán)deep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
- 國際克萊因藍 /国际克莱因蓝 (guójì Kèláiyīn lán)deep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Dutch International Klein Blue
- International Klein Bluedeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
French International Klein Blue
- International Klein Bluedeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Italian International Klein Blue
- International Klein Bluedeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Japanese パールサファイアブルー, サファイアブルー
- パールサファイアブルー (pāru safaiā burū)deep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
- サファイアブルー (safaiā burū)deep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
- インターナショナル・クライン・ブルー (intānasshonaru Kurain burū)deep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Portuguese azul Klein, azul-Klein
- azul Kleindeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
- azul-Kleindeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
- International Klein Bluedeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Spanish Azul Klein, International Klein Blue
- Azul Kleindeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
- International Klein Bluedeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Swedish International Klein Blue, kleinblå
- International Klein Bluedeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
- kleinblådeep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder
Cite this entry
International Klein Blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/International%20Klein%20Blue
“International Klein Blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/International%20Klein%20Blue. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “International Klein Blue,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/International%20Klein%20Blue.
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