WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
“Timeless and enduring” 2020’s color is Classic Blue
byVanderleunonDecember 9, 2019
[Translation: Here’s the swatch. Here’s the bullshit. Here’s the bullshit again in video for those graphic designers and others who cannot read anything longer than a Stop sign. And now here’s the bullshit where we spell out the bullshit…]
A “new era?” Well… maybe. On the other hand, it may just be hot as a blue flame or, same as it ever was, just entangling…
All the people we used to know
They’re an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenters’ wives
Don’t know how it all got started
I don’t know what they’re doin’ with their lives
But me, I’m still on the road
Headin’ for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point of view
Tangled up in blue
That stunning new color was the stock Win98 desktop background, if I remember right. Then W2k came along with a washed out version, which I continued to use on XP and Win7, and now on Win10.
ghostsniperDecember 9, 2019, 1:08 PM
Classic Blue is MY color, always has been.
Tangled up in blue is about the only Dylan song I like.
All the others sound like jumbled up mumbling.
ghostsniperDecember 9, 2019, 1:10 PM
BTW, what happened to Cold Fury?
ghostsniperDecember 9, 2019, 1:12 PM
Lastly, “The Distance” link down below hasn’t worked since it was posted.
The Modernists asserted that referencing objects or even emotional feelings to specific colors was over; no narratives allowed.
Henri Matisse said that “A certain blue enters your soul. A new era is coming.” His blue, however, had more red in it.
I once mixed a blue that I haven’t got a reference for elsewhere. No biggie – just French Ultramarine with some small amount of green in it. More lively than French Blue, and more intriguing, I feel.
Here’s the important thing about blue: it is the most intense of the hues. Cop cars use blue. Your stove flame turns blue when it’s hot.
Yes, the yearly color thing is bullshit of the highest order. My compliments, Gerard.
Damn, I had a nice comment lost to mod. I’ll wait to see if it appears, then rewrite it otherwise. [WORKING FOR MY COMMENTERS AT ALL HOURS AND UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONS!]
I dunno, man. I looked at that blue and it encouraged me to look beyond the obvious and expand my thinking. Then again, it might have been the Sour D. Hard to tell.
JWM
BunnyDecember 9, 2019, 3:17 PM
I don’t know about any new eras, but the anger and cynicism of the current one is expressed by Bile Green.
…and Tangled Up in Blue. OUCH.
It’s one of my favorite Dylan songs, but it’s badly tainted by an indelible nostalgia link to my horrible first wife. It’s like seeing one of your favorite dishes slopped into the dog’s bowl.
BillH: “That stunning new color was the stock Win98 desktop background, if I remember right.”
Sustainability. 20+ years, man. Way to carry on, Classic Blue.
HHDecember 10, 2019, 5:32 AM
For more excellent copy-writing, visit the Pantone website and read the descriptions for all of their Year(s) of the Color. If you detested the Mauve Pink and Dusty Blue of the mid-80s, you can probably blame it on Pantone.
P.S. “Blue” probably has more qualifiers than any other color.
For blue and the season~
The Blessed Virgin Compared To The Air We Breathe by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“…Again, look overhead
How air is azurèd;
O how! nay do but stand
Where you can lift your hand
Skywards: rich, rich it laps
Round the four fingergaps.
Yet such a sapphire-shot,
Charged, steepèd sky will not
Stain light. Yea, mark you this:
It does no prejudice.
The glass-blue days are those
When every colour glows,
Each shape and shadow shows.
Blue be it: this blue heaven
The seven or seven times seven
Hued sunbeam will transmit
Perfect, not alter it…”
You know what tangles me up? Why is blue the color of the Democratic Party, and red the conservative color? How did all that get set as the norm? If anything, the color red’s connection with Socialism, the Communist Party, and all other things that have to do with trade unions and progressivism should make it a natural aligned choice with Democratic platforms. In a similar way, blue for conservatism. I vote we switch. I wonder what effect it would have on the voting results.
CSWDecember 11, 2019, 3:48 AM
For much of Earth’s history, many cultures lacked words for blue. The sky is thought to be blue, however it could also be described as “clear” or at times, “red.” Old texts refer to the seas as”wine dark.” Blue is often the last color name to enter a language.
OUR culture finally has a name for that hue. Up there, that ain’t just blue. It is not wine dark, sky, parrish blue or sky, that is a political shove called HILLARY BLUE
HHDecember 12, 2019, 5:18 AM
@Aggie—who asked how we ended up with blue symbolizing the Democrats and red for Republicans. I hoped someone else would provide the answer, but since no one has I will try (and try to be brief).
The Presidential election of 1960 was the first year that the three television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) would broadcast the election returns in color. The networks agreed to use the color blue to signify an incumbent candidate’s party, and red for the challenging party. Nixon was given blue, since Republicans were the incumbent party, which made Kennedy and the Democrats “red.” With a few exceptions, this was the candidates color system used for all following presidential elections. Red for challenger, Blue for incumbent.
Thus when George W. Bush (the challenger represented by red) ran against Al Gore (the incumbent represented in blue) it was just the normal historic usage. But when the election went sideways with Gore contesting the election, the television networks went wild over the Red and the Blue. It was the nasty evil Red States of George Bush trying to cheat the Noble Albert Gore of the Blue States. The networks and the print media their lead and they used it for every word they spoke or wrote afterwards. They served up Red State and Blue State divide, because it made such good copy, and I guess it will never change. They tried to smear Republicans by calling them Reds and they haven’t let up since 2000.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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That stunning new color was the stock Win98 desktop background, if I remember right. Then W2k came along with a washed out version, which I continued to use on XP and Win7, and now on Win10.
Classic Blue is MY color, always has been.
Tangled up in blue is about the only Dylan song I like.
All the others sound like jumbled up mumbling.
BTW, what happened to Cold Fury?
Lastly, “The Distance” link down below hasn’t worked since it was posted.
It’s almost a Royal Blue. RGB code: 31, 62, 129.
The Modernists asserted that referencing objects or even emotional feelings to specific colors was over; no narratives allowed.
Henri Matisse said that “A certain blue enters your soul. A new era is coming.” His blue, however, had more red in it.
I once mixed a blue that I haven’t got a reference for elsewhere. No biggie – just French Ultramarine with some small amount of green in it. More lively than French Blue, and more intriguing, I feel.
Here’s the important thing about blue: it is the most intense of the hues. Cop cars use blue. Your stove flame turns blue when it’s hot.
Yes, the yearly color thing is bullshit of the highest order. My compliments, Gerard.
Damn, I had a nice comment lost to mod. I’ll wait to see if it appears, then rewrite it otherwise. [WORKING FOR MY COMMENTERS AT ALL HOURS AND UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONS!]
I dunno, man. I looked at that blue and it encouraged me to look beyond the obvious and expand my thinking. Then again, it might have been the Sour D. Hard to tell.
JWM
I don’t know about any new eras, but the anger and cynicism of the current one is expressed by Bile Green.
Quoth Bunny: “A certain bilious green enters one’s throat. A new era has arrived.”
No relaxation, no conversation, no variation
In a very dark blue, blue condition.
Ginger, Jack and Eric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOAkjNX1FDIEric
…and Tangled Up in Blue. OUCH.
It’s one of my favorite Dylan songs, but it’s badly tainted by an indelible nostalgia link to my horrible first wife. It’s like seeing one of your favorite dishes slopped into the dog’s bowl.
JWM
BillH: “That stunning new color was the stock Win98 desktop background, if I remember right.”
Sustainability. 20+ years, man. Way to carry on, Classic Blue.
For more excellent copy-writing, visit the Pantone website and read the descriptions for all of their Year(s) of the Color. If you detested the Mauve Pink and Dusty Blue of the mid-80s, you can probably blame it on Pantone.
P.S. “Blue” probably has more qualifiers than any other color.
https://mymodernmet.com/shades-of-blue-color-history/
For blue and the season~
The Blessed Virgin Compared To The Air We Breathe by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“…Again, look overhead
How air is azurèd;
O how! nay do but stand
Where you can lift your hand
Skywards: rich, rich it laps
Round the four fingergaps.
Yet such a sapphire-shot,
Charged, steepèd sky will not
Stain light. Yea, mark you this:
It does no prejudice.
The glass-blue days are those
When every colour glows,
Each shape and shadow shows.
Blue be it: this blue heaven
The seven or seven times seven
Hued sunbeam will transmit
Perfect, not alter it…”
https://www.bartleby.com/122/37.html
You know what tangles me up? Why is blue the color of the Democratic Party, and red the conservative color? How did all that get set as the norm? If anything, the color red’s connection with Socialism, the Communist Party, and all other things that have to do with trade unions and progressivism should make it a natural aligned choice with Democratic platforms. In a similar way, blue for conservatism. I vote we switch. I wonder what effect it would have on the voting results.
For much of Earth’s history, many cultures lacked words for blue. The sky is thought to be blue, however it could also be described as “clear” or at times, “red.” Old texts refer to the seas as”wine dark.” Blue is often the last color name to enter a language.
OUR culture finally has a name for that hue. Up there, that ain’t just blue. It is not wine dark, sky, parrish blue or sky, that is a political shove called HILLARY BLUE
@Aggie—who asked how we ended up with blue symbolizing the Democrats and red for Republicans. I hoped someone else would provide the answer, but since no one has I will try (and try to be brief).
The Presidential election of 1960 was the first year that the three television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) would broadcast the election returns in color. The networks agreed to use the color blue to signify an incumbent candidate’s party, and red for the challenging party. Nixon was given blue, since Republicans were the incumbent party, which made Kennedy and the Democrats “red.” With a few exceptions, this was the candidates color system used for all following presidential elections. Red for challenger, Blue for incumbent.
Thus when George W. Bush (the challenger represented by red) ran against Al Gore (the incumbent represented in blue) it was just the normal historic usage. But when the election went sideways with Gore contesting the election, the television networks went wild over the Red and the Blue. It was the nasty evil Red States of George Bush trying to cheat the Noble Albert Gore of the Blue States. The networks and the print media their lead and they used it for every word they spoke or wrote afterwards. They served up Red State and Blue State divide, because it made such good copy, and I guess it will never change. They tried to smear Republicans by calling them Reds and they haven’t let up since 2000.
I welcome any clarifications or corrections. HH
I say RED – which, I hope all reading this will wear this Friday:
https://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/2019/12/les-deplorables-revolution.html