The color BLUE. Blue is seen as trustworthy, dependable, and committed.
Interesting Information about Blue
- Blue represented the Union (North) during the American Civil War.
- President Martin VanBuren is credited with introducing blue into the decorating scheme of the White House in 1837 and since then, there has been a “blue room” in the White House.
- People are often more productive in blue rooms.
- IBM’s Deep Blue became the first computer to win a chess tournament against a reigning world champion chess master. Deep Blue had 32 processors and processed about 200 million chess moves per second in its historic six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Today, Blue Gene is the fastest supercomputer in the world and the descendent of Deep Blue. It uses 131,000 processors to routinely handle 280 trillion operations every second.
- Companies or brands identified primarily with blue: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Ford, The Gap, IBM, Intel, Pepsi, Tiffany & Co.
The color ORANGE. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.
Interesting Information about Orange
- In the United States Army, orange is the color of the United States Army Signal Corps.
- Safety orange is a color used to set things apart from their surroundings. Safety orange is the color usually used in the United States for traffic cones, stanchions, barrels, and other construction zone marking devices. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require that certain construction equipment must be painted safety orange.
- There are several American teams that use orange as their primary color.
Baseball teams include the Baltimore Orioles and the San Francisco Giants.
Football teams include the Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Denver Broncos.
Basketball teams include the Charlotte Bobcats and the Phoenix Suns.
- Companies or brands identified by orange: Orange Crush, Tropicana, Home Depot, Tang.
Quotes
“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” — Vincent Van Gogh
“Orange is the happiest color.” — Frank Sinatra
“Orange, it seems, may be the best color choice for the competitive player. Though rare in golf apparel and only the seventh most popular color among American consumers, orange is jovial, warm, energetic, forceful, and has a subjective impression of exuberance. It is associated with fruitfulness, adventure, vigor and wholesomeness, plenty of which exists in golf and on the PGA TOUR.” — Michael Patrick Shiels
The color GREEN. Green symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money.
Interesting Information about Green
- Green was the favorite color of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
- Green is used worldwide to represent safety.
- As the emblematic color of Ireland, green represents the vast green hillsides, as well as Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick.
- In Japan, green is regarded as the color of eternal life.
- In Aztec culture, green was considered to be royal because it was the color of the quetzal plumes used by the Aztec chieftains.
- Companies or brands identified primarily with green: H&R Block More on their color, Heineken, Starbucks, The Masters Golf Tournament, and John Deer.
Quotes
“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
