Color difference in moderncv and moderntimeline

Question

I'm playing around with the moderncv and moderntimeline package to create my CV. However, if I specifiy that moderntimelinecv should be in blue the color dosn't match with the blue from the moderncv package.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}

\usepackage{moderntimeline}
\tlwidth{0.8ex}
\tltext{\tiny}

\tllabelcventry[blue]{1999}{2000}{1999--2000}{Paramedic}
{\href{http://www.croix-rouge.fr/}{French Red Cross}}{Paris Suburbs}{}
{Served in several volunteer missions as a paramedic}

Is there a way that both are the blue from moderncv?

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

As Johannes_B points out, “light blue” is already defined in the sty file that is loaded via \moderncvcolor{blue} as

\definecolor{color1}{rgb}{0.22,0.45,0.70}% light blue

So, you just can use this color in your document, like this:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}

\usepackage{moderntimeline}
\tlwidth{0.8ex}
\tltext{\tiny}

\tllabelcventry[color1]{1999}{2000}{1999--2000}{Paramedic} % change blue to color1 here
{\href{http://www.croix-rouge.fr/}{French Red Cross}}{Paris Suburbs}{}
{Served in several volunteer missions as a paramedic}

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