Estoril blue or China blue? This is (not) the dilemma

Of all the details, the corollaries, the interpretations and the political fantasy suppositions that gravitate around the media case of the day (but do we already want to say of the year?), that is the separation of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni from her journalist companion Andrea Giambrunothere is one that has intrigued and piqued the most fashionable (and less political, perhaps) souls more than the others: theaffair estoril blue. And its “substantial” difference with China blue.

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In the first of the two (for him) dramatic and already famous extravaganzas of his program Diary of the Day made public by Strip the News, among other unhappy exits, Giorgia Meloni’s now ex-boyfriend turns to his colleague in the studio Viviana Guglielmi, commenting in enthusiastic tones on the elegance of her blouse. Defined – attention – not China blue (“China is pissing us off”) and not electric blue, but Estoril blue. Stuff for connoisseurs, in short: «But the beauty of this Estoril blue? – external Giambruno – A cultured woman like you should know that it is called Estoril blue, it is not China blue, it doesn’t suit you, you are of a higher level”.

Now, we should bother a armochromist or a good chromatologist to precisely define and clarify the issue – but, as we know, these are not professional figures who bring much good to politics – but from what we understand there should be a small difference between the two nuances.

If China blue – deep and intense, ductile and synonymous with a certain elegance – contains within itself shades of green and purple, Estoril blue, on the other hand, is lighter and more vibrant and tends towards turquoise, also containing traces of red within it , green and blue. If the former is a must for design and fashion, the latter is more used in the automotive industry, especially for sports and luxury cars, so much so that it can be found, for example, in the BMW color chart. Estoril it is a former Portuguese freguesia in the municipality of Cascais and overlooking the ocean (with intensely blue waters) also known for its football team, the Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia, whose uniform is also blue.

But then, in the end, the Estoril blue is truly of a superior level as Giambruno claims? In reality, it doesn’t matter. Of the 50 shades of bad impressions made, this – after all – is really the least relevant of all.