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Blue really does get around. It's associated, in my troubled mind, with pornographic movies, melancholic music, police forces, and super-cleanness (the whiter-t

Blue really does get around. It's associated, in my troubled mind, with pornographic movies, melancholic music, police forces, and super-cleanness (the whiter-than-white, bluey whiteness promised by Daz laundry detergent), and the word "blue" seems especially popular among the names of colors for branding: Bluetooth, Blu-ray, Jetblue, Big Blue, Blue Cross, even Blaupunkt. Promiscuous Blue would be a great name for a band.

MartinCron 16y ago
+1 for Blaupunkt. I've always liked that word/brand.
- eru 16y ago
  What's your first language?
  - MartinCron 16y ago
    English, but I had a vintage Mercedes Benz years ago with the Blaupunkt radio and the name makes me nostalgic for a more innocent time (when I thought I could fix up an old Mercedes).
mthoms 16y ago
Blue is also synonymous with trust and stability. Hence the predominance of blue in banking logos.
doron 16y ago
"Promiscuous Blue would be a great name for a band" International Klein Blue is probably the most promiscuous blue you can find, you cant reproduce that unnerving vibrancy on screens yet, pity.
- dandelany 16y ago
  http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/yves_klein_blue.gif http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/yves_k... Wow. That is some blue blue. And that's not even it. http://training.sessions.edu/resources/interviews/interviews/michael_quinn.asp http://training.sessions.edu/resources/interviews/interviews... Apparently it's the same blue used by the Blue Man Group.
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cperciva 16y ago
the whiter-than-white, bluey whiteness promised by Daz laundry detergent Random trivia: In order to combat the fact that clothing gradually turns yellow as fibres are damaged, modern laundry detergents contain dyes which fluoresce blue under ultraviolet light. The "bluey whiteness" really is exactly that!
- jrwoodruff 16y ago
  You can actually buy bluing agent for your laundry, it's pretty old school, but actually adds a bit of blue dye for the same effect. http://www.mrsstewart.com/ http://www.mrsstewart.com/
  - cperciva 16y ago
    adds a bit of blue dye for the same effect Blue dye != blue fluorescent dye. Blue dye simply absorbs non-blue light; blue fluorescent dye absorbs UV and emits blue light.
    - jrwoodruff 16y ago
      Ok then, a similar effect :)
- etal 16y ago
  And in the old days, to hide dirt and especially to mask the yellow sweat ring that develops around the collar after many days of hard labor, companies issued blue shirts to their workers as a uniform. Hence, "blue collar" work.
jonshea 16y ago
In pottery there’s a saying that if you’ve made something and you’re not sure it’s good enough to sell, then you should just glaze it blue and someone will buy it regardless.

MartinCron 16y ago

+1 for Blaupunkt. I've always liked that word/brand.

eru 16y ago
What's your first language?
- MartinCron 16y ago
  English, but I had a vintage Mercedes Benz years ago with the Blaupunkt radio and the name makes me nostalgic for a more innocent time (when I thought I could fix up an old Mercedes).

mthoms 16y ago

Blue is also synonymous with trust and stability. Hence the predominance of blue in banking logos.

doron 16y ago

"Promiscuous Blue would be a great name for a band" International Klein Blue is probably the most promiscuous blue you can find, you cant reproduce that unnerving vibrancy on screens yet, pity.

dandelany 16y ago
http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/yves_klein_blue.gif http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/yves_k... Wow. That is some blue blue. And that's not even it. http://training.sessions.edu/resources/interviews/interviews/michael_quinn.asp http://training.sessions.edu/resources/interviews/interviews... Apparently it's the same blue used by the Blue Man Group.
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cperciva 16y ago

the whiter-than-white, bluey whiteness promised by Daz laundry detergent Random trivia: In order to combat the fact that clothing gradually turns yellow as fibres are damaged, modern laundry detergents contain dyes which fluoresce blue under ultraviolet light. The "bluey whiteness" really is exactly that!

jrwoodruff 16y ago
You can actually buy bluing agent for your laundry, it's pretty old school, but actually adds a bit of blue dye for the same effect. http://www.mrsstewart.com/ http://www.mrsstewart.com/
- cperciva 16y ago
  adds a bit of blue dye for the same effect Blue dye != blue fluorescent dye. Blue dye simply absorbs non-blue light; blue fluorescent dye absorbs UV and emits blue light.
  - jrwoodruff 16y ago
    Ok then, a similar effect :)
etal 16y ago
And in the old days, to hide dirt and especially to mask the yellow sweat ring that develops around the collar after many days of hard labor, companies issued blue shirts to their workers as a uniform. Hence, "blue collar" work.

jonshea 16y ago

In pottery there’s a saying that if you’ve made something and you’re not sure it’s good enough to sell, then you should just glaze it blue and someone will buy it regardless.