Verdi's aria Celeste Aida is commonly translated as Heavenly Aida (Aida being a woman's name, not undergarments). Regardless, it is a genius color as developed by Bianchi--a signature color that may be any of a thousand shades and still instantly identifiable.
I'm going to put on the 78 of Caruso crooning Celeste Aida and think about him singing about underwear. I think you guys have ruined that recording for me!
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont
> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 02:01:08 +0100
\r?\n> From: Matteo Brandi <bees.bfg@tin.it>
\r?\n> To: cr list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]celeste
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\r?\n> Brain wrote"
\r?\n> "In the very early days of Bianchi the color "Celeste" was sky blue (the
\r?\n> word celeste meaning sky in Italian)"
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\r?\n> Nope! The italian for sky is cielo.Celeste simply indicates that
\r?\n> particular color.
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\r?\n> Ciao
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\r?\n> Matteo"Salami"Brandi FIorenza Italia