- The role of colour:
I’ve been working on a why Blue list over the last few weeks. Things that I think of when I think of Blue. Not all of these have a sound to me. Most do.
WHY BLUE?
Blue can be a noun a verb or an adjective
Blue is the colour with the shortest wave length
Blue is the horizon
Blue is a fight
Blue is water, sky, light
Blue is open
Blue is damage
Blue is celebration
Blue is gendered in tradition
Blue is a primary colour
Blue is not something we eat
Blue is wet
Blue is cold
Blue is authority
Blue is sadness
Blue is round
Blue is clean
Blue is reflection
Blue is the favourite colour
Blue is the vase the Andrew bought me for my 21st birthday
Blue is my old school uniform
Blue is a peacock
Blue is cold
Blue is stone
Blue is liquid
Blue is fake
Blue is a bruise
Blue is not always the same
Blue is depression
Blue is learning
Blue is a biro
Blue is a bird
Blue is an indoor pool
Blue is a collar
Blue is Labor
Blue is Microsoft word
Blue is work
Blue is a hue
Blue is the colour of my hair when I was 13
Blue is my Dad’s work shirt
Blue is deep
Blue is night time
Blue is evening
Blue is twilight
Blue is everywhere
Blue is hard to avoid
Blue is denim
Blue is my old guitar that I never play anymore… maybe I should sell it?
Blue is the colour of the dust jackets on the bibles they had at church when I was a kid
Blue is the colour of my car
Blue is pale
Blue is strong
Blue is death
Blue is cutting off circulation
Blue is violent
Blue is ordinary
Blue is extraordinary also
Blue is a dog
Blue is the name given to people with red hair in the town I’m from
Blue is velvet
Blue is slow
Blue is corporate
Blue is Police
Blue is blood
Blue is Navy
Blue is Royal
Blue is eggshell
Blue is mid
Blue is common
Blue is vibrant
Blue is noise
Blue is gum
Blue is sometimes confused with green