Red and white carnation, blue cornflower, and rosebud have all been popular at times. Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green compared to blue. Cornflower blue is a Crayola color with hexadecimal code #93CCEA. The color is also called light cornflower blue. A beautiful woman with curly blonde hair and cornflower blue eyes answers the door. The ornamental blue cornflower was the favourite. Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower. Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in the XNA framework. The flower of the day is a blue cornflower. Cornflower blue is a defined color in the X Window (X11) color scheme. The medal used the cornflower blue ribbon of the pre-1918 . Lastly, the color cornflower blue is named after "C. cyanus". The blue cornflower was once a German national symbol. At right is displayed the web color cornflower blue. Cornflower is also used as a cut flower.