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Blue, it's meanings and Associations

Blue is one of the Primary Colors. It is the easiest color to use when making color schemes.

It is striking as a blue and white combination - blue and white china, or the ticking on a mattress.

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The Color Blue and It's Meanings and Associations.

It is open and inviting when teamed with yellow, it creates the perfect beach illusion.

Matched with "lollypop" colors candy pink, mint green and pale blue, creates the perfect calm and serene environment for children's rooms.

Blue is the ideal color for reception areas as it is formal, conservative and balancing.

The most common use for blue is in monochromatic color scheme, where blues of different shades, tints or tones are combined. This creates a wonderfully tranquil space, sedative and heavenly, ideal for bathrooms or adults bedrooms.

The Color Blue's Meanings and Associations

Cool, Tranquilizer, Healing, Peace Bringing Properties, Relaxing, Restful, Openness, Expansiveness, Sedative, Formality, Water Association, Fresh, Airy, Sense Of Wellbeing, Refreshing, Lowers Blood Pressure, Justice, Slows Respiratory Rate, Antidote For Red, Conceptual, Responsible, Serenity, Loyalty, Dogmatic, Pragmatic, Rigid, Manipulative, Conservative, Authoritative, Astute, Balancing, Masculine, Spatial, Heavenly.

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