What is "midnight blue"

a. of a dark blue colour, almost black. n. a dark blue colour, almost black.

Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue named for its resemblance to the identifiably blue color of a moonlit night sky on or near the night of a full moon. Midnight blue is the color of a vat full of indigo dye; therefore, midnight blue may also be considered a dark shade of indigo. Midnight blue is identifiably blue to the eye in sunlight or full-spectrum light, but can appear black under certain more limited spectra sometimes found in artificial lighting (especially early 20th century incandescent). It is similar to navy, which is also a dark blue.

Midnight Blue is a 1963 album by Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note. Jazz Improv Magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that "[i]f you need to know 'the Blue Note sound', here it is". In 2005, NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records". The album has been re-issued by Blue Note and the French label Classics.

Midnight blue is a dark blue color.

Midnight blue may also refer to:

• Midnight Blue (TV series), a sexually themed TV show in New York City, hosted by Al Goldstein
• Midnight Blue (cheese) or Aura, a brand of blue cheese made by the Finnish company Valio
• Midnight Blue Belt, a dan rank belt in some Korean martial arts
• Midnight Blue, a 1997 film starring Damian Chapa
• Midnight blue lighting gel, a darkish blue gel used to simulate the reflection of the moon

In music:

• Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)
• Midnight Blue (Louise Tucker album)
  • "Midnight Blue" (Louise Tucker song)
• "Midnight Blue" (Lou Gramm song)
• "Midnight Blue" (Melissa Manchester song)
• Midnight Blue, an album by Twiggy
• "Midnight Blue", a song by Electric Light Orchestra from Discovery
• "Midnight Blue", a song by Enya, a B-side of the single " Wild Child"
• "Midnight Blue", a song by Alkaline Trio from their 2013 album My Shame Is True
• Midnight Blue, a 1980s melodic rock band featuring vocalist Doogie White
• Midnight Blue, a 1980s soul band from Columbia, South Carolina

"Midnight Blue" is the first single released by Lou Gramm from his debut solo album Ready or Not in 1987. The single spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Album Rock Tracks, starting on February 14, 1987, and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, Gramm's highest-charting solo hit.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic calls the song the "last great single of the album-rock era". Allmusic reviewer Bret Adams posits that, "despite its hit status, it's one of the decade's truly underappreciated singles".

The song was covered by R.E.M. on their 1987 tour.

Midnight Blue is the title of Louise Tucker's 1982 debut album.

Total sales for the lead single, " Midnight Blue", and the resultant album totaled seven million.

Midnight Blue reached number 1 in France and number 1 in Canada, and in various countries around the world. The album was released on CD in 1990.

Music is from composer Ludwig Van Beethoven Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 (Pathetique)

{{Columns | col1width = 85% | col1 = "Midnight Blue" is a title of a Top Ten hit single by Melissa Manchester that was taken from her 1975 album Melissa: Billboard magazine described the song as "a classically elegant quiet ballad about a pair of longtime lovers putting aside their aggravations until the dawn in order to try making it one more time in memory of all their old times together."

"Midnight Blue" is the title of a 1982-3 international hit by Louise Tucker which served as the title cut for Tucker's debut album Midnight Blue. The single also features Charlie Skarbek on vocals.

In the spring of 1982 opera singer Louise Tucker met record producer Tim Smit when she accompanied his sister-in-law who'd come to babysit for him: this meeting led to Tucker recording the demo for the track "Midnight Blue" - which utilized the melody of " Sonata Pathétique" by Beethoven - with Smit and his friend Charlie Skarbek producing. Smit and Skarbek successfully shopped the track to the Dutch division of Ariola Records and the finished track was cut at Chestnut Studios in Farnham.

"Midnight Blue" reached #13 in the Netherlands in November 1982. In December the track entered the French charts where it remained for 31 weeks reaching number 1 in the Christmas of 1983. At the same time Michèle Torr hit the French charts with a rendering in French by lyricist Pierre Delanoë entitled "Midnight Blue en Irlande" (#13).

Picked up by Arista Records for North American release, "Midnight Blue" first broke in Canada reaching #7 in April (going platinum) and entering the US charts in June to reach #46.

The track entered the UK charts about a year after its recording in April 1983: it failed to become a major hit peaking at #59. See Notes

In July 1983 "Midnight Blue" reached #6 in Sweden: that year the track also charted in Australia (#27), Denmark (#1) and Germany (#51). 1 2

According to Smit the sales of the "Midnight Blue" single and the resultant Midnight Blue album totaled seven million.

Midnight Blue was a sexually themed public access cable television program that aired on Channel J in New York City.

The show debuted in 1974, as Screw publisher Al Goldstein parlayed his publishing success into a cable access show, a freeform interview program that played on the late night airwaves of Manhattan cable for more than twenty-five years.

Midnight Blue was the subject of controversy when Al Goldstein testified before the United States Supreme Court in 1995 as part of a lawsuit brought against Time Warner Cable's plan to scramble sexually explicit public access programs unless subscribers gave written consent for them. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled in Goldstein's favor in 2000.

Al Goldstein was the host and producer along with radio personality Alex Bennett. Alex Bennett and Screw Editor Bruce David were its creators and original producers.