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CYANAPHILIA
blue /blu/ adj 1. having the colour of a clear sky. 2. sad, despondent. 3. indecent -n. 1. blue colour of pigment, blue clothes or material. 2. the distinction of representing Oxford or Cambridge in a sport; one holding this. 3. (in pl.) a despondent state, slow melancholy music of Black American origin -v.t. (partic. blueing) 1. to make blue. 2. (colloq.). to squander. - blue baby, one with congenital blueness of the skin from a heart defect. blue blood, aristocratic birth. blue book, a Parliamentary or Privy Council report. blue cheese, cheese with veins of blue mould, blue-collar worker, a manual or industrial worker. blue-eyed boy, (colloq) a favourite. blue pencil v.t. to delete with a blue pencil, to censor Blue Peter, a blue flag with a white square raised when a ship leaves port. Blue Riband (or Ribbon) of the Atlantic, a trophy for the ship making the fastest sea-crossing of the Atlantic. blue ribbon, the ribbon of the garter; the highest honour in any sphere; a small strip of blue ribbon formerly worn by certain abstainers from alcoholic beverages. blue tit, a tit with bright blue tail, wings and top of head. blue whale, a rorqual, the largest known living mammal. once in a blue moon, very rarely. out of the blue, unexpectedly. - blueness n [f OF bleu f. Gmc]
The Oxford Reference Dictionary.
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Komar and Melamid's pie chart painting of people's favourite colour.
"During the war" there was a blue Kit Kat made from plain chocolate due to milk shortages.
Blue glass was always used for poison bottles. Now a number of drinks come in blue, like Harvey's Bristol Cream.
blue bottles cobalt - stained
glass.
Blue sky, sky blue. Blue sky thinking.
The higher you go the darker it gets; blue turns to black at the edge of space.
Look back and the earth is blue.
Planet earth is blue....
The blue planet.
Blue Smarties, blue Liquorish Allsorts. Blue Cheese.
Blue rare in nature. Except the sky and that is just the scattering of light, as the atmosphere thins, blue becomes black. Blue butterflies due to iridescence. Blue damsel and dragonflies. Pruinescence.
Lapis Lazuli: the source for ultramarine, most precious of colours after gold.
Ultramarine - submarine - inframarine
Bugattis always blue, think that has link with Italian Royalty (as was).
Bluebird - Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell - the unattainable.
There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover...
Once in a blue moon. The blues in the night. Mood Indigo. Blue Grass.
When the blue of the night meets the gold of the day.
Blue suede shoes.
Rhapsody In Blue.
Little boy blue....
Bluebeard.
The Blue Ridge Mountains (of Virginia).
Blue Mountain coffee, Blueband Margarine, Blue Circle Cement, Blu-tack...
The first
iMac in distinctive teal
The blue lamp. Police lights blue. Why? The Boys in Blue. Navy Blue.
Bower birds often collect blue stuff, rarity value? The Satin Bowerbird has a strong preference for blue objects.
International Klein Blue.
"Bluestone is frequently encountered as an ingredient in mojo hands made by African-American hoodoo doctors, especially those for gamblers' luck and protection from evil. It is sometimes mentioned in old recipes for floor wash used by spiritualists to purify the home in the interest of keeping out evil spirits. Also known as blue vitriol, Salzburg vitriol, Roman vitriol, and blue copperas, bluestone is actually copper sulphate, a naturally occurring odorless crystalline substance that is electric blue in colour, highly toxic, and NOT SAFE to work with. It is used as a fungicide in agriculture, which is why rural people had it easily to hand; the old-fashioned pesticide called Bordeaux Mixture is a combination of hydrated lime and copper sulfate. When I say bluestone is NOT SAFE, I mean just that! At the end of this page you will find warnings and usage guidelines for copper sulphate excerpted from Cornell University's very useful web page on pesticides."
"So what is a mojo? It is, in short, the staple amulet of African-American hoodoo practice, a flannel bag containing one or more magical items. The word is thought by some to be a corruption of the English word "magic" but it more likely is related to the West African word "mojuba," meaning a prayer of praise and homage. It is a "prayer in a bag" -- a spell you can carry."
Feeling blue. The Blues. How blue can you get?
Picasso's "blue period"
The blue boy. Blue in art in general.
Blue eyes.
Sapphire.
ROGER HIORNS: Copper Sulphate Chartres. 1996 see copper sulphate etc. see also toys
Fleur de Lis,
France's royal blue.
True blue flowers. Hydrangeas (in acid soil). poppies Mecanopsis gradis M. betonicifolia. Gentian. Speedwell, Forget-me-not, Salvia patens, Borage. Bluebells? Cornflowers. Delphiniums. Love-in-a-mist. (the-mist?)
Cyan is the least fugitive of printing colours.
see colouring
Blue Meanies.
see
DM's
see blue adverts
see colour coding
Guess what: a 'blue chip' cookie.
Blue is first in a hierarchy of colour
I remember rosettes being given at my primary school sports day, those were blue red and yellow. I think the blue red and white thing is American. sometimes red is the first but blue predominates.
Goethe's character Werther began a fashion for blue coats
Bluecoat school?
Blue collar worker
Blue jeans. Jeans originally made from canvas from Geneva. Name stuck but Levi began to use Denim (from France) instead. Dyed with indigo, dye often didn't take fully. Later when dying technology improved jeans had to be faded to match originals.
Blue velvet. (she wore)
Blue is often a neutral colour which is why it is suggested, by Pastoureau and others, that people choose it as their favourite colour. It has least meaning in a way. Least likely to give offence. A safe colour.
Blue liquid used to demonstrate the absorbency of sanitary towels etc. Blue is so not red. But green would be weird? Why? Poison, creme de menthe?
Blue lagoon, Blue Grotto.
Blue Cross sale.
bluestocking: a pretentiously (?) intellectual woman 'Blue Stocking Club'. Many of these eschewed formal dress and one habitually wore grey or blue 'worsted' stockings instead of silk.
Kingfisher blue. Halcyon = Greek for Kingfisher, reputed to calm the sea at midwinter
Halcyon days, calm and peaceful. prosperous, happy.
Blue Stones - Stonehenge, brought from Wales.
Blue Gum, Blue Pine
The "Blue Screen of Death"
Also
available as a T-shirt.
