why is the color bllue named "blue"? or any thing for that matter?
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In my language "blue" means "mavi" and this word comes from persian language and means "sky". Also Blue comes from Sky. Its very meaningfull. But in English I dont know.
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Red is for temporary handicap. Like a broken leg..foot..they are usually only good for a month or two. The blue are either good for years or lifetime & just need to be renewed. My brother-in-law got a red one after back surgery....my Dad has a blue one....
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good question, but i am without an answer which makes me very blue
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blue stands for color of water (marine), \ngold for noble cause of serving and defending nation
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This isn’t a science question, it’s a question of etymology, the study of words. And every colour name has its own unique history. \n\nSome colour names like ‘red’ and ‘blue’ are ancient, going back 20, 000 years or more. Nobody is quite sure who invented these words or where, but they are ancient in origin. \n\nOther colour names like ‘orange’ are only a few hundred years old and their history is well documented. In the case of orange the word only came into use after the fruit orange was imported into Europe from China about 500 years ago. Until then the objects we say are orange today were simply described as red or reddish yellow. There is a common English flower which is clearly a bright orange colour that is still called the scarlet pimpernel because it was named in the days before orange entered into the English language\n\nEvery colour  name has a history all of its own. Some are not well known and date back to the dawn of the various language groups. Other like pink or orange are reasonably well documented and only came into existence within the last few hundred years.
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i often wondered that myself, i think its blue,LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FRIGGING WORLD.
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it is not a stupid question. mankind has woried over it for centuries. it is because blue is scattered the most and so u see it more. the scattering mechanism is called rayleigh scattering and it increases at lower wavelengths. the scattering is because of dust particles in the atmosphere.
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blue can mean sadness,a darker kind of blue,it can mean love in a lighter shade,it can mean innocence!it can be all u need at some point,a blue sky and ur thoughts!\nfor me it stands for melancholy, i luv the color
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How can you prove the color Blue is Blue? what if it is really yellow, and all along we have been calling it Blue?\n\nSome one must have tought me that Blue is Blue, and I never stoped calling it blue. It's blue because no one every proved other wise. It's what I was raised with, calling it Yellow would sound funny to me and others, no one would understand me.\n\nI think we are born, we learn every thing we can, and we then put the peices in as we can understand them. \nI dont know if I am real or not, but I choose to beleive I am, for what reason is beyong me, perhaps I was raised to think I am real, and so I am. I cant prove it either way, Im just comfortable thinking that I am.
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Why is the sky blue ?  Why is the sun yellow ? That is a very logical question guy please, lemme see um cause maybe JUST MAYBE if we do it standing up like you guys, how do I put this umm not a pretty picture right ?  so duh !
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i have never heard of a gray or silver one... now a blue one i do know about!\nand it looks kinda silver
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I just had that question in school today!\nred stands for valor and hardiness; white means purity and innocence; and blue stands for vigilance, perseverance, and justice.\n\n\n\n\nmaps0108 is wrong!
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Blue is for Japanese Kingdom Color. Same as Dutch wearing the  Orange.
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It has nothing to do with color. \n\nFrom wikipedia:\n"This definition of blue moon originated from a mistake in an article in the 1946 Sky & Telescope magazine, which failed in an attempt to infer the earlier definition used in the original Farmer's Almanac"\n\nthe earlier definition being the extra full moon in a quarter of a year(with the third of the 4th moons being the blue one, for some reason)\n\n\nhmhensen has it backwards. Because it doesn't happen often, the common colloquialism "Once in a blue moon" was derived from the lunar event.
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In earlier days, such films were filmed using blue filter to give illusion of night time. Thats why the name 'blue films'. Now technology has improved and taste have changed, so no more  blue filters, but name lingers on.
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Neptune is blue. That is why it is called Neptune too. It is because Neptune is a name of the god who rules the sea. Infact some thought that it has a sea
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The sky is blue because of the ozone layer, which is blue. The ozone layer is blue because (have you ever tried to shine light through a triangular pyramind (glass)?) It filters everything but blue color...why? I don't know. Uh...I'm not sure, probably because they want to know more about female sex organs because girls have 2 and we have 1 ugly sex organ that's not exactly as attractive as girls. Not that I'm a pervert...only nerds are.