> Brian wrote"
> "In the very early days of Bianchi the color "Celeste" was sky blue (the
> word celeste meaning sky in Italian)"
To which Matteo correctly wrote:
> Nope! The italian for sky is cielo.Celeste simply indicates that
> particular color.
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'.
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Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ