# What's Up With The Color Blue? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481 "2012-10-12T02:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/1 "2012-10-12T02:48:36Z")
I just don’t understand how anyone can like the color blue. It makes no sense. Red is so much more colorful, it has heart and warmth, blue is like a frozen landscape buried in the depths of time after nuclear holocaust. Everyone should like red just like I do. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/2 "2012-10-12T02:57:42Z")
Blue is cool. But purple rules. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/3 "2012-10-12T03:03:09Z")
It’s a myth. There is no color blue. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/4 "2012-10-12T03:06:01Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Blue is cool. But purple rules. You like purple because it has some red in it, attempting to overpower the blue that, frankly, nobody invited or really wanted mixed in there. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/5 "2012-10-12T03:07:11Z")
I’m just trying to figure out how red can be more colourful than blue. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/6 "2012-10-12T03:08:09Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s a myth. There is no color blue. That’s a methed up myth ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/7 "2012-10-12T03:08:21Z")
Blue is awesome. Orange is horrible. Yellow isn’t great. Red is tolerable, as long as it isn’t too orangey. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/8 "2012-10-12T03:09:11Z")
Well I prefer green. It’s my favorite color and my favorite flavor. I can hardly see blue, so it doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/9 "2012-10-12T03:09:54Z")
> [@Trick\_Rider](#): > > I’m just trying to figure out how red can be more colourful than blue. It’s not obvious? ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/10 "2012-10-12T03:12:17Z")
Remember the Luscher Color Test? 1970s pop psych? Right up there with Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs? Luscher suggests that those who choose purple as their favorite color tend to be children, immature adults, or pregnant. Johanna…? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/11 "2012-10-12T03:12:20Z")
Red seems so harsh to me. Even a really great sports car or dress looks less attractive to me if it’s red. Blue, on the other hand, is very soothing. I find sleeping in all-blue rooms very peaceful. But ultimately, **Johanna** is right. Purple is the best. And **Maggie the Ocelot** is also correct that orange is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/12 "2012-10-12T03:21:40Z")
The sky is blue. You’d kinda freak out if it was red. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/13 "2012-10-12T03:35:35Z")
Like blue all you want. Just don’t make me put it in my bedroom, or require it in my doctor’s office. 😉 (What? I just finished watching the debate!) ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/14 "2012-10-12T03:36:02Z")
Blue, ranging from aquamarine, almost green but profoundly different than green, to iceberg blue to the different shades of blue in lakes and oceans, to the color of bluebirds and midnight blue, and blue velvet, to sky blue and that particular shade of blue that makes the perfect background for sunsets and cloud breaks - and an infinite number of other shades of blue as well. Any color would be extremely boring if it were the only one there was, but Color just wouldn’t be the same without blue. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/15 "2012-10-12T03:39:25Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The sky is blue. > > You’d kinda freak out if it was red. Not if you’re a martian. I like black, the total absence of color is soothing to my dark soul… ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/16 "2012-10-12T03:45:23Z")
**Civil Guy** : stop being so reasonable! 😉 I’m a serious fan of turquoise, specifically, the gemstone. (Or mineral. Or whatever it should be called.) Lovely stuff. I once saw a lake in Colorado that was turquoise in color: surprising, but impressive, and truly lovely. My _favorite_ color is green, especially the glowing green of emerald. I once toured a Canadian Navy destroyer: the ship’s hull was painted a soft, light, creamy green, and the officers’ uniform jackets were dark green, the color that, in the U.S., are worn by forest rangers. (And one of the ships was the Qu’Appelle, which means, “Who Called?” It was named after an Indian legend about a hunter who thought he heard someone call out, and he asked, “Who Called?” And nobody answered, so they named the nearby river for it, and the destroyer for the river. Is that just the most perfect name for a Canadian warship?) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/17 "2012-10-12T04:02:54Z")
paint it black. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/18 "2012-10-12T04:21:14Z")
Blue or blue not. There is no dye. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/19 "2012-10-12T04:24:57Z")
You need more LavenderBlue. If you had LavenderBlue all around you, you would love blue. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481/20 "2012-10-12T04:28:15Z")
I just discovered last week that what my husband considers purple I consider blue. Apparently a lot of Minnesota Vikings fans share his color perception, because a lot of Vikings football regalia appears blue to me. Regarding the OP, I don’t agree with your dislike of blue but I have an equally passionate hatred of pastels. _All_ pastels. Weak, pasty-faced colors. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-color-blue/637481.md?page=2)