My favorite color is blue.
I like blue as well. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of light.
What emotion is blue commonly associated with?
Feeling "blue" usually means someone is feeling melancholy or sadness.
Is blue more masculine or feminine?
I don't believe there is much of a gender attachment to blue. Baby boys and girls are both dressed in blue.
What are blue pigments made of?
Pigment
A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which a material emits light. Most materials selectively absorb certain wavelengths of light. Materials that humans have chosen and developed for use as pigments usually have special properties that make them useful for coloring other materials. A pigment must have a high tinting strength relative to the materials it colors. It must be stable in
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- In the English language, blue often represents the human emotion of sadness, for example, "He was feeling blue".
- In German, to be "blue" ("blau sein") is to be drunk. This derives from the ancient use of urine, particularly the urine of men who had been drinking alcohol in dyeing cloth blue with woad or indigo. It may also be in relation to rain, which is usually regarded as a trigger of depressive emotions.
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