Forty Shades Of Blue -

– The flicker you see when you stare at the sun too long and look away. A phantom. A retinal echo. 6. The Everyday Blues Hospital Gown Blue – Pale, utilitarian, faintly humiliating. The color of waiting for test results.

– The cheap, brilliant blue of every margin note, every doodle, every unfinished love letter. forty shades of blue

– The hottest part of a fire burns blue. What looks coldest is often the most intense. – The flicker you see when you stare

A journey through the world’s most beloved, elusive, and emotional color. There is a moment, just before the sun burns off the morning mist over the Aegean, when the sea becomes a shade of blue that has no name. It is not turquoise, not cobalt, not cerulean. The Greeks, wise in the way of waves, simply call it thalassi — the sea. But if you look closer, you realize: blue is never just blue. – The cheap, brilliant blue of every margin