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<blockquote>''"A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Apocyan|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Apocyanletter.png|thumb]]A color of [[ | <blockquote>''"A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Apocyan|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Apocyanletter.png|thumb]]A color of the [[Neathbow]], '''apocyan''' is the color of coral, of memory,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Apocyan|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Apocyan|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and of the Zee's waves.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sunless_tattoo|Sunless tattoo|Fallen London|}}</ref> The name "apocyan" presumably derives from the color cyan, which has a similar hue, and the Greek prefix ''apo-'', meaning something between "off, away" and "descended from"<ref>{{Citation|https://www.etymonline.com/word/apo-|Origin and meaning of the prefix apo-|Online Etymology Dictionary|}}</ref> - like the words "apostate" (gone-away-from-a-cause) or "apocalypse" (un-covering). | ||
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Chess pieces of this color are sourced from the [[Principles of Coral]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Apocyan_Chess-Piece|Apocyan Chess-Piece|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and Crooked-Crosses often lacquer their crosses in this color.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Crooked_Cross|A Crooked Cross|Fallen London|}}</ref> Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and blazes with apocyanic radiance.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Lump_of_Blue_Scintillack|A Lump of Blue Scintillack|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> And an apocyanic piece of amber may be what brings down the Bazaar...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22I_bring_the_Bazaar.%22|"I bring the Bazaar."|Fallen London|}} ''"You paid dearly to get this apocyanic lump into the spire, and more dearly still to get it out, once it had absorbed the imprint you needed. "''</ref> | Chess pieces of this color are sourced from the [[Principles of Coral]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Apocyan_Chess-Piece|Apocyan Chess-Piece|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and Crooked-Crosses often lacquer their crosses in this color.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Crooked_Cross|A Crooked Cross|Fallen London|}}</ref> Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and blazes with apocyanic radiance.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/A_Lump_of_Blue_Scintillack|A Lump of Blue Scintillack|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> And an apocyanic piece of [[amber]] may be what brings down the [[Bazaar]]...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22I_bring_the_Bazaar.%22|"I bring the Bazaar."|Fallen London|}} ''"You paid dearly to get this apocyanic lump into the spire, and more dearly still to get it out, once it had absorbed the imprint you needed. "''</ref> | ||
Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cast_a_flare_into_the_shadows.|Cast a flare into the shadows.|Fallen London|}}</ref> | Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Cast_a_flare_into_the_shadows.|Cast a flare into the shadows.|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:22, 25 August 2024
"A wakes APOCYAN, the blue of memory and brightest coral."[1]
A color of the Neathbow, apocyan is the color of coral, of memory,[2] and of the Zee's waves.[3] The name "apocyan" presumably derives from the color cyan, which has a similar hue, and the Greek prefix apo-, meaning something between "off, away" and "descended from"[4] - like the words "apostate" (gone-away-from-a-cause) or "apocalypse" (un-covering).
Properties
Apocyanic light is difficult to contain, even in a mirrorcatch box; it seems to want to release its memory into the world.[5]
Apocyan has been portrayed as a variety of shades of blue, from teal[6] to azure.
Uses
Chess pieces of this color are sourced from the Principles of Coral,[7] and Crooked-Crosses often lacquer their crosses in this color.[8] Blue Scintillack is extremely valuable and blazes with apocyanic radiance.[9] And an apocyanic piece of amber may be what brings down the Bazaar...[10]
Apocyan can also be used to create "daguerrotypes" of dreams and certain memories, often by blinking in these dreams to produce flashes of apocyanic light.[11]
Gallery
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An Apocyan Chess-Piece. -
A Crooked-Cross. -
Blue Scintillack
References
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