Calm and Cool :
Blue is calming. It can be strong and steadfast or light and friendly. Almost everyone likes some shade of the color blue.

Pantone has selected the color Blue Iris (PANTONE 18-3943) as the 2008 Color of the Year telling us: "Combining the stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple, Blue Iris satisfies the need for reassurance in a complex world, while adding a hint of mystery and excitement."

Nature of Blue:
A natural color, from the blue of the sky, blue is a universal color. The cool, calming effect of blue makes time pass more quickly and it can help you sleep. Blue is a good color for bedrooms. However, too much blue

Culture of Blue:
In many diverse cultures blue is significant in religious beliefs, brings peace, or is believed to keep the bad spirits away.

Blue conveys importance and confidence without being somber or sinister, hence the blue power suit of the corporate world and the blue uniforms of police officers. Long considered a corporate color, blue, especially darker blue, is associated with intelligence, stability, unity, and conservatism.

Just as seeing red alludes to the strong emotions invoked by the color red, feeling blue or getting the blues represents the extremes of the calm feelings associated with blue, i.e. sadness or depression, lack of strong (violent) emotion. Dark blue is sometimes seen as staid or stodgy — old-fashioned.

In Iran, blue is the color of mourning while in the West the something blue bridal tradition represents love.






































Good blue

* True blue - someone loyal and faithful
* Out of the blue - unexpected (could be positive or negative)
* Blue ribbon - first rate, top prize
* Blueblood - person of noble birth, royalty
* Bluestocking - well-read or scholarly woman
* Bluebook - register of socially prominent people
* The Blues (capitalized) - popular style of music sometimes characterized by melancholy melodies and words
* Baby blues - Blue eyes (also see Bad blue words)

Bad blue

* Feeling blue - feeling sad or depressed
* Blue devils - feelings of depression
* The blues (not capitalized) - depression, state of sadness
* Blue Monday - feeling sad
* Baby blues - post-partum depression
* Singing the blues - bemoaning one's circumstances
* Blue laws - laws originally intended to enforce certain moral standards
* Blue language - profanity
* Bluenose - puritanical individual
* Into the blue - entering the unknown or escape to parts unknown
* Out of the blue - unexpected (could be positive or negative)