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Haint blue
Shade of blue
Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the Southern United States.[1][2] Hex #D1EAEB is a popular shade of haint blue.
The tradition originated with the Gullah in Georgia and South Carolina. The ceiling of the slave quarters at the Owens–Thomas House in Savannah, Georgia, built in the early 19th century, was painted haint blue.[3] The pigment was derived from crushed indigo plants.[4] Indigo was a common source for haint blue prior to the American Revolution, when indigo was a common crop for plantations in the American South, but the tradition survived well after the decline in indigo dye cultivation.[5]