蓝
蓝色，是当之无愧“最受欢迎的颜色”。它代表着信任、可靠、忠诚。它是最没有“性别倾
向”的颜色，它对男人和女人有同样的吸引力。
海洋和天空的蓝，是我们不变的颜色。蓝色是我们的精神色彩，它能刺激化学物质释放，使
我们感到平静。然而并不是所有的蓝色都是平和而安详的。铁蓝或孔雀蓝则是活泼而生动的
—是一种表达喜悦的迷人色彩。某些阴影或过度使用的蓝色则容易给人以冷漠的印象。
靛蓝是更深的蓝色，它象征着神秘的智慧边界，自我的克制和精神的领悟。如果蓝是与他人
沟通的色彩，靛蓝则是与自我的交流，提升我们的思想，观察力和理解力。
蓝色是如何在生理上影响我们的呢？
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平静和安详
冷酷
Aids intuition
脉轮之色：蓝色代表七脉轮之喉轮
蓝色是喉轮之色，它位于咽喉部，连接喉、颈、手和手臂。喉轮代表述说和聆听，并激励精
神上的交流。据说打开喉轮能获得神听。
蓝宝石和绿宝石能够帮助打开喉脉轮。
蓝色在不同国家有不同的意义
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在中国文化当中，颜色和五行、方向和四季相对应。蓝色分别表示木，东方和春季。
在伊朗，蓝色，蓝绿色，绿色是神圣的颜色，它们象征着天堂。
在印度，克里希那神的绘画常常有蓝色的皮肤。
在英国，邮筒是典型的蓝色。
在墨西哥，蓝是悲伤的色彩。
在阿兹特克，蓝色象征奉献和牺牲。
在希腊，人们认为蓝色能够挡住“邪恶之眼”。迷信的希腊人常常会佩戴蓝色项链或手
镯。
关于蓝色的宗教和神话
蓝色清真寺：
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大不里土蓝色清真寺，大不里土，伊朗
开罗蓝色清真寺，开罗，埃及
埃里温蓝色清真寺，埃里温，亚美尼亚
马扎里沙里夫蓝色清真寺，阿富汗
艾哈迈德清真寺，伊斯坦布尔，土耳其
苏丹萨拉赫丁阿卜杜勒阿齐兹清真寺，莎阿南，马来西亚
天主教把蓝色和圣母玛利亚联系在一起
蓝色政治
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在美国南北战争期间，蓝色代表联合（北）。
蓝色代表美国民主党，从 2000 总统大选开始，支持民主党的一派称为“蓝派”
，支持
共和党的称为“红派”
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在美国国会，蓝狗联盟是民主党保守派人士的一个党团会议。
INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT BLUE
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President Martin VanBuren is credited with introducing blue into the decorating
scheme of the White House in 1837 and since then, there has been a “blue room” in
the White House.
Blue is one color that means “low” or “guarded” in the color-coded threat system
established by presidential order in March 2002. This system quickly informs law
enforcement agencies when intelligence indicates a change in the terrorist threat
facing the United States.
Blue is the favored color choice for toothbrushes.
Powder blue is often used in products to promote cleanliness and purity.
IBM’s Deep Blue became the first computer to win a chess tournament against a
reigning world champion chess master. Deep Blue had 32 processors and processed
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about 200 million chess moves per second in its historic six-game match against
Garry Kasparov. Today, Blue Gene is the fastest supercomputer in the world and the
descendent of Deep Blue. It uses 131,000 processors to routinely handle 280 trillion
operations every second.
The blue ribbon has been widely recognized as a national symbol of child abuse
awareness.
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.
People are often more productive in blue rooms.
The highest quality ultramarine blue is made with powdered lapis lazuli from
Afghanistan.
The 1993 film “Blue” consists entirely of the color blue with narration and soundbytes.
“Alice Blue” is a light blue-gray or steel blue color that was favored by Alice Roosevelt
Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt; it sparked a fashion sensation in the
United States.
Mosquito’s are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
In ceramics, a variety of ingredients — including cobalt oxide, copper carbonate, and
iron oxide — produce the blue colors. The different variations are produced when
each ingredient is combined with other materials or with each other. The application,
thickness of the glaze, how it is applied, and the type of clay used also have an
impact on the final color after firing. Unlike paint, raw glazes look nothing like their
final appearance after firing.
Blue Tigers (Maltese Tigers) have been sporadically reported in the mountains of the
Fujian province in China. They are described as bluish-grey or slate-blue with white
patches on the face and black stripes.
Pablo Picasso’s “Blue Period” refers to a series of paintings in which the color blue
dominates and which he painted between 1901 and 1904. The Blue Period is a
marvelous expression of poetic subtlety and personal melancholy and contributes to
the transition of Picasso’s style from classicism to abstract art.
BLUE IN ATHLETICS AND SPORTS
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In auto racing, a blue flag signals the start or resumption of a race, as well as
advising a car to yield to faster traffic behind.
Dr. Jigor Kano, founder of Judo, created divisions among students using Belt colors,
in order to give students recognition for certain achievements. The Blue Belt
symbolizes the blueness of our skies. In reaching this plateau of martial arts, one
must not become complacent seeing one’s knowledge as high as a tree, but instead,
realize that this is not an end; one should reach still higher to the very blueness of the
sky. Like the sky which engulfs and embraces us, knowledge should transcend the
height of the trees so it may spread all around us.
BLUE AS A SIGNATURE COLOR
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Blue Man Group
COMPANIES OR BRANDS IDENTIFIED PRIMARILY WITH BLUE
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
Ford
The Gap
IBM
Intel
Pepsi
Tiffany & Co.
Bank Rakyat Indonesia
POPULAR PHRASES THAT INCLUDE BLUE
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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
Blue ribbon: first place; to describe something as being of the highest quality
Blue blood: an aristocrat
Blue law: laws about morality issues
Blue comedy: jokes about socially taboo 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
QUOTES ABOUT BLUE
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“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” — Vincent Van Gogh
“Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.” — John
Ruskin
“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
“I have broken the blue boundary of color limits, come out into the white; beside me
comrade-pilots swim in this infinity.” — Kasimir Malevich
“If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.”– Paul Gauguin
WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU BUY A BLUE VEHICLE
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.
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The message you send by driving a vehicle that is Dark Blue: Credible, confident,
dependable.
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If, however, your vehicle is a Light or Mid-Blue, you give a different impression: Cool,
calm, faithful, quiet.
SONGS WITH BLUE IN THE TITLE
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Blue by Joni Mitchell
Blue by LeAnn Rimes
Blonde Over Blue by Billy Joel
Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley
Blue Eyes by Elton John
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain by Willie Nelson
Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins, covered by Elvis Presley
Blue Sunday by The Doors
Devil With A Blue Dress On / Good Golly, Miss Molly by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit
Wheels
Don’t It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle
My Baby Blue by John Hiatt
Blue Jean by David Bowie
Blue Jay Way by The Beatles
BLUE IN THE GARDEN
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Blue is one of the cooler colors in landscape design and it brings a soothing element
to the garden.
Blue plants visually recede, helping to make a small space appear larger.
Blue’s complimentary color in the garden is orange.
BLUE AND OUR SENSE OF TASTE
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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.
Blue Moon ice cream is the name of a bright blue-colored flavor of ice cream,
available almost exclusively in the mid-west United States.
BLUE AND OUR SENSE OF SMELL
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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. However, 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, a scented lifestyle tool, uses the color blue with the scent that provides
focus.
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“Fashion house Boudicca developed a blasphemous application method for its
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 and Garden Magazine