GOT THE BLUES

DARK OR LIGHT, OR IN BETWEEN, BLUE IS A POWERFUL, ESSENTIAL COLOR


We’ve got the blues.

From deep indigo to the fairest powder blue, this range of colors is fascinating. It is packed with decorative and expressive power, and its tints and shades can evoke a wide range of emotional or psychological associations or reactions. In our color grid, we make room only very generally for dark and light blue, two designations that can each accommodate a wide range of individual colors whose names and characteristics are well known, from navy blue to cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, and so-called baby blue. There is a blue for every sensibility — and right now, we’re in a blue mood.

Bill Westmoreland, “Blue Eyes,” 2022, color photograph, courtesy of the artist
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