Why Blue?
Blue is my favorite color. blue! It's soothing, comes in gorgeous shades, and does a pretty good job painting the sky, too.
I like my sky blue, my flowers blue, my blueberries blue, and my clothes blue. I'm partial to cobalt blue bottles, too. According to color experts, blue comes in an infinite number of shades. Add a little of this color and that, and you'll come up with something new. But it will still be blue.
Even if you aren't a big fan of blue, stick around. This is the first in a series of color-related lenses. Sooner or later your favorite color on the color wheel will hit center stage...and won't you be tickled pink?
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A Favorite Vase
Groovy's Blue Phrogs!
One of Squidoo's colorful lensmasters collects phrogs! No, not frogs, blue phrogs!She's blogged about her collection and the history behind it. Stop in and tell her I sent you.
Feeling Blue?
Five Ways to Paint Yourself Happy
►Reach out and help somebody. Remember, blue is a state of mind, but homelessness or a sense of helplessness can be a permanent state of life for some.
►Remember that for every blue day, there comes a new dawn if you wait long enough.
►Spend time with a child. Children have a way of adding refreshment to any day.
►Remember your past, rejoice in the present, and anticipate the future. Nothing is ever as bad as it seems, and somebody out there needs you!
Reinventing Color
It's true, colors have changed in the last five decades. Think back to the house where you grew up. What did your kitchen look like? Were the appliances white...brown...gold...avocado? What was the color of your bedroom? Mine was lilac. Back then I was crazy about lilac.
While researching the science of color, I ran into a fantastic website in Flash. It's a color chart, but no ordinary color chart. Reinventing Color from the 1950's to Today is more than a trip down memory lane; it's like taking a warm bath of colored bubbles.
The site includes drawings, art, photographs, sculptures, and more--all in beautiful, bright displays of brilliant colors. (Say that ten times fast!)
See my other color lenses:
Crazy About Red
Crazy About Yellow
Blue Delphinium
My favorite blue flower!
I grow Delphiniums in my flower garden. They grow on tall stalks and I love how the blossoms open up slowly, then last a longtime. I took this photo one July, and the deep blues make me happy. That's what blue does for me--it lifts my spirit and makes me grateful for all the beauty God put into this world of ours.
At my Etsy photography/art shop, I've added a lovely print of a Blue Delphinium. It's yours for the asking.
How Does Color Affect a Room?
If you were remodeling your kitchen, what color would you choose? Why?
Think of your last visit to a waiting room (dentist, doctor, bank, hospital...). How did the wall colors and layout make you feel?
Here are some fascinating websites about color theory and how the colors we choose for our home and office affect not only us, but everyone who walks through the door. Do you believe it?
- Room Colors and How it Affects your Mood
- Room color can influence our mood and our thoughts, and has the power to change the shape and size of furnishings as well as the shape and size of the room itself.
- Interior design tips : Room color and how it affects mood
- Interior design tips : Room color and how it affects mood
- Color-A-Room Tool
- Better Homes & Gardens magazine has a fun tool at their site! See how color affects your mood by changing room and accessory colors using the interactive tool.
- Splashes Of Hope
- How one company offers splashes of color to ease anxious minds.
- Decorating with Cobalt Glass
- Cobalt glass has been manufactured since at least Roman times. Bottles and glass beads of this color have been found dating from the 1st Century AD. 2000 years later, it is still one of the most popular types/colors of glass used for decorative purposes...
Celebrate Color!
BLUE Cakes?
Remember those awful popsicles that would turn your tongue blue? We ate them because somebody out there in Popsicleland said they were good. They were a fake blueberry flavor, all sugar, tooth-rotting cold treat in the summer. Can you say d-e-n-t-i-s-t?
I've scoured the internet to gather a collection of blue cakes just for you. Not that you'll eat them, of course, but aren't they fun to look at?
- Western Wedding Cakes
- I ask you, is this not adorable? BLUE cakes, people!
- Blossom Wedding Cake
- Another gorgeous creation of the Blue Cake Company.
- Sea Critters
- A creative kids' birthday cake.
- Wacky!
- The Mad Hatter meets Dr. Seuss!
- Decorating the Blue Cake
- Martha Stewart shows us how...
- Red-White-and-Blue Velvet Cake
- Try it for your next Fourth of July.
- Blue and Brown Wedding Cake
- Isn't this beautiful? Brown chocolate vines growing up several tiers.
These are a Few of My Fav-or-ite (Blue) Things...
What's Yours? ADD to the list!
Think of blue and what comes to mind? Quick--first impressions only.
Add yours to the list below.
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All Things Blue @Amazon
Blue, Blae, or Bleu?
Blue by any other name is still...well, BLUE!
Did you know, some languages don't have a word for both green and blue. They combine the two into one word. For example, the Scots have a word for blue-grey blae. Homer of Ancient Greece described the sea as being "wine dark". There wasn't a word in those days for a clear description of sea-blue or sky-blue.
Our modern English word blue comes from Middle English, bleu or blwe, which came from an Old French word bleu of Germanic origin, blao, which translates "shining." Read more at Wikipedia. (Apparently the world has had a long-standing love affair with this color.)
I enjoy learning about word origins, but frankly don't care what we call this many-hued color. When it's attached to a perfectly beautiful outing like this scene on the Oregon coast, that's my kinda blue!
Blue Structures Around the World
- Blue Houses in Setting Sun
- What a spectacular view!
- Blue Condominium
- Who said blue doesn't come in supersizes?
- Simple Blue Building
- This is a building in the Dominican Republic.
- Seeing Blue
- Love the dreamy shades of blue...
- Blue Dome Building
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Fancy Blue
- This unusual building is in Lille, France
- Blue & White
- Mykonos, Greece
Speaking of Color...
Leave a Blue Footprint
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- Heather426 Heather426 Jul 9, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
- I love blue too! Beautiful lens!
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Jul 6, 2009 @ 4:50 pm
- Cr-a-z-y Blue Lens! I love blue, too! It's my favorite color! Lensrolling to Blue Things! :)
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- BigGirlBlue BigGirlBlue Jun 9, 2009 @ 9:26 pm
- If you ever want to get me to like something color it blue. :D My favorite color. I like it deep like lapis.
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- seedplanter seedplanter Apr 24, 2009 @ 11:07 am | in reply to bbug
- Thank you! Photography is one of my passions. This time of year, it's especially hard to stay put and get my writing done, when I'd like to run away with my camera!
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- bbug bbug Mar 5, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
- You have created some beautiful images.
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