Blue

From trustworthy to calming, sad to steadfast, and, of course, jeans - the color blue means a lot of things to a lot of people. Join Team Tangents as we delve into this deceptively complicated primary color!
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Sources:
[Trivia Question]
YInMn blue unnamed element
chemistry.oregonstate.edu/chemistry-news-event…
chemistry.oregonstate.edu/impact/2017/09/hello…
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-blue-pigme…
nytimes.com/2021/02/05/style/blue-pigment-YInM…
colourlex.com/project/yinmn-blue
[Fact Off]
Blue dye blocking ATP for spinal cord injuries
urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/blue-dye-may-hol…
wired.com/2009/07/bluerats
sciencenews.org/article/brilliant-blue-spine
popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/good-news-a…
Vivianite blue found on bones, shells, and other remains
atlasobscura.com/articles/vivianite-blue-human…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9871987
kristineballard.com/vivianite-blue
uaf.edu/museum/press/spotlight/blue-babe
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199809)107:1%3C1::AID-AJPA1%3E3.0.CO;2-R
[Ask the Science Couch]
Color psychology: blue and marketing/logos
today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles…
newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-…
joehallock.com/?page_id=1281
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11747-010-0…
jstor.org/stable/3151897
emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SJME-0…
[Butt One More Thing]
Evidence of blue cheese in Austrian paleofeces
eurekalert.org/news-releases/930931
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01271-9?utm_source=EA
theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/14/sophistica…

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