When I can’t think of a blog post title, I usually ask a question. Here it goes: Why do we love the color blue?
Most of you know that since I work full-time as a pharmaceutical sales specialist, I devote my spare time to one weekly blog post. On occasion, I do link-ups. Today, one of those days is called Friday with Friends. I’m highlighting blogger friend Tania Stephen, a Tennesee girl living in Virginia with her husband of 33 years. Tania’s also a Mom and proud grandmother.
Sorry, I digress. I’m back to the love of the color blue. Before the Pantone Institute declared Cerulean blue the color of the year 2000, there was the ancient culture of the Egyptians.
The Egyptian color blue pigments are made initially from minerals such as lapis lazuli, cobalt, and azurite. Also, blue dyes from plants symbolize fertility, birth, rebirth, life, and the afterlife.
The color was used in ancient Egypt not only in realistic representations of scenes from every life but also to illustrate the heavenly realms of the gods, the afterlife, and the stories and histories of the deities of the Egyptian pantheon.
Why do we love the color blue? It’s nature’s color, representing the sapphire blue sky and the soothing sea. I find the tone uplifting.
Check out the blue trivia:
◊ Blue is the #1 favorite color of all people
🔷 53% of the flags in the world contain blue
◊ Blue is the most commonly used color in corporate identity
🔷 A dark blue suit is professional business attire
◊ Denim Blue Jeans are worn all over the world
🔷 Aristocracy is blue-blooded in all European languages
Now that you know all about blue and why we love it, visit Tania to see the beautiful face behind the 50 Is Not Old blog.
As always, thank you for reading. Have a fabulous week.
