Blue

Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your Blue shopping experience:

1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the Blue offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of Blue at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.

2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about

3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a Blue? Wrong! If the Blue is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.

4. Questions - Got a question about Blue then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....

5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling Blue? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about Blue and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.

6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Blue wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.

7. Feedback - happy with your Blue then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.

8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Blue site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site

9. Contact - got a question about Blue, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.

10. Payment - ready to pay for your Blue, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.

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The term blue may refer to any of a number of similar color. The sensation of blue is made by light having a spectrum dominated by energy in the wavelength range of about 440–490 nanometer.

Blue is considered to be one of the three primary additive colours in the RGB system; blue light has the shortest wavelength range of the three primary color. The English language commonly uses "blue" to refer to any colour from navy blue to cyan.

The complementary colour of blue in color science is yellow (on the HSV color space), while in art the complementary colour to blue is considered to be orange (colour) (based on the Munsell color system).

Blue in the RGB system In the RGB color model, colours are formed by mixing a red, a green and a blue colour. When talking about RGB, therefore, some people use blue to mean that specific blue, which varies in shade according to the device used to display the RGB colour. Absolute colour spaces based on RGB, such as sRGB, define an exact colour for this blue, which may differ from the actual blue used in a particular computer monitor.

Etymology of blue in English The modern English word blue (German:blau) comes from the Middle English, bleu or blwe, which came from an Old French word bleu of Germanic language origin (Frankish or possibly Old High German blao, "shining"). Bleu replaced Old English blaw. The root of these variations was the Proto-Germanic blæwaz, which was also the root of the Old Norse world bla and the modern Icelandic language blár, and the North Germanic languages word blå. It can also be green or orange occasionally(blue). A Scots language and Scottish English word for "blue-grey" is blae, from the Middle English bla ("dark blue," from the Old English language blæd). Ancient Greek lacked the word for colour blue and Homer called the colour of the sea "wine dark", except that the word kyanos was used for dark blue enamel.

As a curiosity, blue is thought to be cognate with blond and black through the Germanic word. Through a Proto-Indo-European language root, it is also linked with Latin flavus ("yellow"; see flavescent and flavine), with Greek phalos (white), French blanc (white) (loaned from Old Frankish language), and with Russian белый, belyi ("white," see beluga), and Welsh blawr (grey) all of which derive (according to the The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language) from the Proto-Indo-European language Root (linguistics) *bhel- meaning "to shine, flash or burn", (more specifically the word bhle-was, which meant light coloured, blue, blond, or yellow), from whence came the names of various bright colours, and that of colour black from a derivation meaning "burnt" (other words derived from the root bhel- include bleach, bleak, blind, blink, blank, blush, blaze, flame, fulminate, flagrant and phlegm).

In the English language, blue may also refer to the feeling of sadness. "He was feeling blue". This is because blue was related to rain, or storms, and in Greek mythology, the god Zeus would make rain when he was sad (crying), and a storm when he was angry. Kyanos was a name used in Ancient Greek to refer to dark blue tile (in English (language) it means Cyan).Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Mass.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 319

Blue and green in other languages Many languages do not have separate terms for blue and or green, instead using a cover term for both (when the issue is discussed in linguistics, this cover term is sometimes called grue (color)#Grue as used to translate a color name in natural languages in English).

Pigments Traditionally, blue has been considered a primary colour in painting, with the secondary colour orange (colour) as its complement.

Blue pigments include azurite, ultramarine, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, and Prussian blue (milori blue), and miller blue.

Scientific natural standards for blue

Emission spectrum of Cu2+
Electronic spectrum of aqua-ions Cu(H2O)52+

Blue in human culture Animals

When an animal's coat is described as "blue", it refers to a shade of grey that takes on a bluish tint, a diluted variant of a pure black coat. This designation is used for a variety of animals, including coat (dog), some rat coats, cat coat genetics, some list of chicken breedss, and some equine coat color.

Ethnography

For reasons that are not entirely clear, the colour blue has traditionally been taken to represent the ancient Turkic peoples race.

Gangs

Blue is the colour claimed by the List of California street gangss Crips and Surenos.

Medicine

A Hospital emergency codes is declared in emergency medical situations to indicate imminent loss of life when a patient has lost heartbeat and ceased Respiration (physiology).

Music

The blues is a style of music originated by African Americans.

National colours

Blue and yellow are the national colours of Sweden, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine, and along with green, of Brazil, and along with red, of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chad, Romania, and Moldova.

Blue and white are the national colours of Somalia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Scotland, San Marino, and Honduras.

Red and blue are the national colours of Liechtenstein and Haiti, and along with white, The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, Norway, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Serbia, Croatia, Paraguay, Iceland, Panama, Russia, Cuba, Chile, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Liberia, Nepal, Slovenia.

Azure (azzuro), a light blue, is the national colour of Italy (from the livery colour of the former reigning family, the House of Savoy).

Mysticism

In the metaphysics of the New Age Prophetess, Alice A. Bailey, in her system called the Seven Rays which classifies humans into seven different metaphysical personality types, the first ray of will-power is represented by the color blue. People who have this metaphysical personality type are said to be on the Blue Ray.

The color blue or azure (color) is used to symbolically represent the fifth (Vishuddha) chakra.

Psychics who claim to be able to observe the Aura (paranormal) with their third eye report that someone with a blue aura is a person who is oriented toward spirituality. Swami Panchadasi The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms Des Plaines, Illinois, USA:1912--Yogi Publications Society Page 36 People with blue auras are said to be in interested in social service work and to be in occupations such as social worker, counselor, teacher, writer, and psychologist. Oslie, Pamalie Life Colors: What the Colors in Your Aura Reveal Novato, California:2000--New World Library Blue Auras: Pages 117-130

Politics

Blue has been associated with a variety of political positions, often differentiated from communist red or anarchism black. During the revolt in the Vendée against the French revolution, blue stood for the revolutionary forces, and white for the counter-revolutionaries. Later movements like the Breton blues used the colour to signify allegiance to the ideals of the revolution.

In the United Kingdom blue is the colour of the Conservative Party (UK). In the United States, however, it has become fashionable since the 2000 Presidential Election to refer to the U.S. Democratic Party as "blue" and the U.S. Republican Party as "red", particularly as in reference to "red states and blue states".

The Blue Dog Coalition are a group of conservative Democrats in the United States House of Representatives.

Recording media

A Blu-ray Disc is a high-density optical disc formatted for the storage of digital Recording media, including high-definition video.

Religion

Blue plays a symbolic role in a number of world religions. Because blue is the colour of the sky and sea, it has often symbolized divinity, as well as height and depth. It can also represent equilibrium, since its hue suggests a shade midway between white and black, day and night. To the ancient Egyptians, blue was the colour of truth.

Blue in Christianity: The inside of the open dome in Eastern Christian Churches is painted blue to give the impression of looking up into the heavens. Blue is also the colour Mary wears in iconography. During the European Renaissance, artists began painting Hell and specifically the Devil blue to convey the coldness of being distant from God. This is possibly inspired by Dante's Hell in the Divine Comedy, in which Satan is depicted as living in eternal ice at the centre of Earth. Blue also represents the Seven Deadly Sins of Lust.

Blue in Hinduism: In the Hindu faith, persons of a transcendence (philosophy), or divinity nature are displayed as being blue in colour to indicate their dark complexion. The deity Krishna is probably the most famous of this type of depiction within Hindu art. Lord Shiva's neck has blue colour to show that the poison he took to save the world from destruction is still staying in his throat.

Blue in Judaism: In the Torah, the Israelites were commanded to put fringes, tzitzit, on the corners of their garments, and to weave within these fringes a "twisted thread of blue (tekhelet)". Book of Numbers 15:38. In ancient days, this blue thread was made from a dye extracted from a Mediterranean snail called the hilazon. Maimonides claimed that this blue was the colour of “the clear noonday sky”; Rashi, the colour of the evening sky. Mishneh Torah, Tzitzit 2:1; Commentary on Numbers 15:38. According to several rabbinic sages, blue is the colour of God’s Glory. Numbers Rabbah 14:3; Hullin 89a. Staring at this colour aids in mediation, bringing us a glimpse of the “pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity”, which is a likeness of the Throne of God. Exodus 24:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Hullin 89a. (The Hebrew language word for glory. Many items in the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary in the wilderness, such as the menorah, many of the vessels, and the Ark of the Covenant, were covered with blue cloth when transported from place to place. Book of Numbers 4:6-12.

Sexuality

Blue movie is a term used for a pornographic film because early pornographic films in black and white were often shot on inferior grade film which made them look bluish.
In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a blue bandana means one is into the sexual fetish of having Homosexuality while (at least initially) wearing a police uniform.

Sociology

Blue may denote the working class, derived from the traditional colour of factory uniforms. Blue-collar are industrial workers and are often contrasted with white-collar office workers. However, in contrast to "blue collar", the phrase "blue blood" is used to mean "from an aristocracy background", because pale, untanned skin – historically, a sign of nobility – allows blue-tinged veins to show through.

In many South Pacific countries, the color blue was often associated with scabies. In the early 1800s, as a result of the rural nature in such countries many wearing the color blue were often eaten to cleanse the gene pool from the infected. Now, more recently, wearing blue is considered a mark of shame in such poor communities because of its scabies associated heritage.

Several vocations are associated with blue. Law enforcement, and uniformed police, often wear blue uniforms and have become associated with the colour, as seen in phrases such as "boys in blue", "thin blue line", "blue meanie", "blue wall" and NYPD Blue.

Symbolism

Blue often denotes injury, such as in the phrase "black and blue", since it is the colour of a bruise. Blue is also used as a word to denote a sad or melancholy state, as in depression (mood), or simply a state of deep contemplation. However, the phrase "blue skies", referring to sunny weather, implies cheerfulness. Symbolically, blue is associated with that state, such as the term blue period to describe Pablo Picasso's work from 1901 to 1904.

Blue is associated with water; on coloured maps, oceans, lakes, and streams usually appear blue.

Light blue is often associated with the cold. When with white, blue is associated with ice and snow; and by extension, winter.

Blue can be associated with France, Quebec and the French Language. The term Les Bleus is often used in a sporting context. In all but motor sports, the Italian colour is light blue, and Italian athletes are called Azzurri.

Gradients of Blue and other smooth, relaxing visual techniques incorporating Blue are considered calming and soothing.

Blue is often a colour used to symbolize honesty and trustworthiness. Connected to this, blue traditionally is associated with the Christian virtue faith. Hence, it may also mean naivité, being "blue-eyed". In Scandinavia this expression is used for people who are easily tricked or cheated, and in Japanese the word "aoi", meaning "blue", also indicates innocence and inexperience. The German language word for blue is used for "drunk" e.g. "Ich bin blau" – "I'm drunk".

Blue is associated with the east in Five elements.

In Thailand, Blue is associated with Friday on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone may wear blue on Fridays and anyone born on a Friday may adopt blue as their colour. The Thai language, however, is one that has had trouble Distinguishing blue from green in language. The default word for Blue was recently สีน้ำเงิน literally, the colour of silver, a poetical reference to the silvery sheen of the deep blue sea. It now means Navy Blue, and the default word is now สีฟ้า literally, the colour of the sky.http://www.thai-language.com/dict/