All About the Color Blue

Blue is the overwhelming "favorite color." Blue is seen as trustworthy, dependable and committed.

The color of ocean and sky, blue is perceived as a constant in our lives. As the collective color of the spirit, it invokes rest and can cause the body to produce chemicals that are calming; however not all blues are serene and sedate.

Electric or brilliant blues become dynamic and dramatic, an engaging color that expresses exhilaration. Some shades or the overuse of blue may come across as cold or uncaring.

Blue is the least "gender specific" color, having equal appeal to both men and women.

Indigo, a deeper blue symbolizes a mystical borderland of wisdom, self-mastery and spiritual realization. While blue is the color of communication with others, indigo turns the blue inward, to increase personal thought, profound insights, and instant understandings.

Blue is the color of the Throat chakra, also known as Visuddha. This chakra is located in the throat. It is linked to the throat, neck, hands, and arms.

The Throat Chakra is connected with speech and hearing, and encourages spiritual communication. Opening the Throat chakra improves clairaudience.

Gemstones that will aid the Throat chakra include turquoise, aquamarine, lapis, sodalite, quartz, angelite, aqua aura.

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Indigo is the color of the Brow or Third-Eye chakra, also known as the This chakra is located at the top of the head.

This chakra is our link to the universal unconsciousness, Opening this chakra can aid in clear sight, intuition, integrity, and lessens feelings of despair.

Gemstones amethyst, moonstone and augilite

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A sea of aqua blue houses is beautifully juxtaposed by the dry browns of the desert that surrounds it. Jodhpur is probably the only city in India that stands steadfastly to its tag of blue city. More about Jodhpur: The Blue City

In Chinese culture colors corresponded with the five primary elements, the directions and the four seasons. Blue was associated with spring, wood and the East.

Blue, blue-green, and green are sacred colors in Iran where they symbolize paradise.

In India, paintings of the god Krishna often depict him as having blue skin.

In the United States post office mailboxes are typically blue.

In Greece the color blue is believed tward off "the evil eye". Those whbelieve in this Greek superstition often wear a blue charm necklace or blue bracelet for protection.

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President Martin VanBuren is credited with introducing blue into the decorating scheme in 1837 and their has been a "blue room" in the White House ever since.

Blue is the favored color choice for toothbrushes.

Over the past decade, scientists have reported the successful use of blue light in the treatment of a wide variety of psychological problems, including addictions, eating disorders, impotence and depression.

In auto racing, a blue flag advises a car to yield to faster traffic behind.

An old superstition says that when lights burn blue there are ghosts about.

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"There is no blue without yellow and without orange." --Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890

"Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight." --John Ruskin, English Romantic Writer and Painter, 1819-1900

"Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones... it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is blackened in its shades, and fades away when lightened; red when darkened becomes brown, and diluted with white is no longer red, but another color - pink." --Raoul Dufy, French Fauvist Painter, 1877-1953

"I have broken the blue boundary of color limits, come out into the white; beside me comrade-pilots swim in this infinity." --Kasimir Malevich, Ukrainian Cubist Painter, 1878-1935

"If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue." --Paul Gauguin, French Post-Impressionist Painter, 1848-1903

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Out of the blue: unexpected

True blue: to be loyal or faithful

Once in a blue moon: an event that occurs infrequently More about blue moon

Blue ribbon: first place, to describe something as being of the highest quality

Blue blood: an aristocrat Learn more about the origins of this term

Blue law: laws about morality issues

Blue comedy: jokes about socially tabo subjects

Blueprint: a detailed design of an object or idea

Blue plate special: a special priced meal at a restaurant

Bluestocking: a woman with strong scholarly interests

Feeling blue: to feel sad or unhappy

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* IBM
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* The Gap
* Ford
* Pepsi
* Blue Cross Blue Shield
* Tiffany & Co

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Blue is considered a cool color in landscape design. It's effect can be calming in a garden.

Blue flowers visually recede, helping to make a small space appear larger.

Blue's complimentary color in the garden is orange.

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Blueberry was the original scent of the blue colored Magic Scents Crayons from Binney & Smith Inc. introduced in 1994 with mostly food scents. There were numerous reports that children were eating the food-scented crayons, so the food scents were retired and replaced with non-food scents. The scent for the color blue became "new car".

AromaPod is a scented lifestyle tool uses the color blue with the scent that provides focus.

"Fashion house Boudicca developed a blasphemous application method for it's soon to be released Wode: the perfume creates a blue stain when you spray it on. It eventually evaporates, but the point is made- the physical dimension of fragrance is no longer terra incognita."- House & Garden magazine

The color blue is the least common color in the foods we eat. Blueberries are the favorite of blue foods and they have been touted in recent years for their health benefits. More about the world's healthiest foods

With flavors that range from mildly sweet to tart and tangy, blueberries are nutritional stars bursting with nutrition and flavor while being very low in calories.

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Blue Moon ice cream is the name of a number of bright blue colored flavors of ice cream available almost exclusively in the mid-west United States.

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Pantone has selected its "Color of the Year" for 2008: Blue Iris Pantone 18-3943.

The company said the blue-purple blend combines "the stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple," and suggested this hue "satisfies the need for reassurance in a complex world, while adding a hint of mystery and excitement."

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There is no question that the vehicle you drive is an extension of your personality --an unspoken, but clear message to the rest of the world.

The message you send by driving a vehicle that is Dark Blue: Credible, confident, dependable.

If however your vehicle is a Light or Mid Blue you give a different impression: Cool calm, faithful, quiet.

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