Blue is the colour of light between violet and green on the visible spectrum. Hues of blue include indigo and ultramarine, closer to violet; pure blue, without any mixture of other colours; Cyan, which is midway on the spectrum between blue and green, and the other blue-greens turquoise, teal, and aquamarine.
Blues also vary in shade or tint; darker shades of blue contain black or grey, while lighter tints contain white. Darker shades of blue include ultramarine, cobalt blue, navy blue, and Prussian blue; while lighter tints include sky blue, azure, and Egyptian blue.
Blue pigments were originally made from minerals such as lapis lazuli, cobalt and azurite, and blue dyes were made from plants; usually woad in Europe, and Indigofera tinctoria, or True indigo, in Asia and Africa. Today most blue pigments and dyes are made by a chemical process. Wikipedia
Is this really from
2014? Wow – time
Flies
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Yes! Did indeed fly
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Yes I have but was not very successful!
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These are stunning! I especially love the 2nd one and am going to try and figure out how you did it, but I use Gimp (free) and really like it – wasn’t going to pay the monthly fees for Photoshop. Sorry, got off the track, again, these are outstanding!! 😀
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You are going to think I am certifiably crazy! I thought I was writing on your link to decodigicrafts. I really liked the photoshopping effects. — Now… what I was going to say about yours is that they are a wonderful array of the spectrum of blue and I learned a lot about blue, thanks to your information from WIki! 😀
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Ha ha I had to smile! No problem at all! Thank you anyway 🙂
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I use Picmonkey http://www.picmonkey.com/ it is also free.
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Wow! Never heard of it, going to check it out, have you ever used Gimp?
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Oh my gosh! That video is crazy!! I love the gorilla! 😀
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These beautiful blue image made me smile. So gorgeous, great choices 🙂 Thank you Aletta!
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Thanks Amy! 🙂
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I love blue – lovely informative post Aletta 🙂
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Thanks Jude!
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I love your choices for blue. Wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you Cee!
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Great post and colours. 😀
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Thanks! I just love blue!!
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