Re: [CR]celeste

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:00:12 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]celeste
To: themaaslands@comcast.net, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: bees.bfg@tin.it

In a message dated 12/21/03 8:11:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, themaaslands@comcast.net writes:
> Cielo is indeed the word for sky and/or heaven. While celeste is most
> commonly known in Italian as the baby blue color, it also is an adjective to
> describe things pertaining to the sky/heaven, hence 'celestial' as per Jerry's
> note. There is however also the adjective 'celestiale' in Italian.
>
> While living in Italy, I used to own a 1960's Fiat that was a baby blue
> colour that everybody called 'celestino' or little 'celeste'.
>

I have seen something very close to what we think of as the color "celeste" in the sky of a tropical sunset. I always imagined that it was a color to be seen in a Mediterranean sunset as well. Is there not that color in the Sistine
Chapel?
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA