Nascent Drama

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Blue is commonly used on internet browsers to colour a link that has not been clicked; when a link has been clicked it changes yellow or orange or purple.

 

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In science

 

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Pigments

 

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Traditionally, blue has been considered a primary colour in painting, with the secondary colour orange as its complement.

 

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Blue pigments include azurite, ultramarine, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, and Prussian blue (milori blue).

 

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Scientific natural standards for blue

 

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Emission spectrum of Cu2+

 

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Electronic spectrum of aqua-ions Cu(H2O)52+

 

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Animals

 

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When an animal's coat is described as "blue", it refers to a shade of grey that takes on a bluish tint, a diluted variant of a pure black coat.[citation needed]

 

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This designation is used for a variety of animals, including dog coats, some rat coats, cat coats, some chicken breeds, and some horse coat colours.

 

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Blue in human culture

 

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Psychology

 

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Blue often represents the human emotion of sadness, e.g. "He was feeling blue".

 

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Music

 

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The blues is a style of music originated by African Americans.

 

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Contrary to popular belief it is not called Blues because its lyrics are depressing but because its scale is inclusive of the "dark notes" or blue notes.

 

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In 1999 Eiffel 65 released the song "Blue (Da Ba Dee)," a hugely popular Eurodance song which peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and reached #1 in 17 countries.

 

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Blue is also the name of an English pop boy band consisting of four members: Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Antony Costa, and Simon Webbe.

 

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National colours