About Denim
Denim, #1560bd, is indigo woven into work — the blue of the most ubiquitous garment ever made. Statistically it is the color humanity wears most: on any given day, half the planet has denim on.
History
Serge de Nîmes — fabric “from Nîmes” — gave the name; Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis’s 1873 riveted jeans gave the destiny. Indigo dye sits only on the yarn’s surface, which is why denim fades personally — every pair becomes a diary.
Psychology
Denim reads honest, democratic and effortless — the color of work that became the color of leisure. It is blue with its collar rolled: trustworthy without a tie.
In design
Denim blues (#1560bd to washed #6f8faf) anchor casual, youth and heritage-workwear branding. They pair with tan and leather browns (the jacket’s own hardware palette), white tees, mustard and red bandana accents. Washed denims make superb muted UI backgrounds.
In culture
Double denim, denim diplomacy, the Canadian tuxedo: no fabric carries more social history — miners’ armor to James Dean’s rebellion to everyone’s Friday.