Color Names

Pelagic

Deep, dark, open ocean, where sunlight barely reaches.

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Pelagic is a medium blue, close to navy.

It can be described as medium, moderate, dim and gloomy.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Pelagic

Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth. The word pelagic is derived from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) 'open sea'. The pelagic zone can be thought of as an imaginary cylinder or water column between the surface of the sea and the bottom.

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pelagic

Adjective

  1. Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
  2. Of or pertaining to oceans.

Noun

  1. Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
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