As a painter, this song has made me think about the meaning of the colour blue so much more deeply.
The way Regina describes blue as "the most human colour" is so simple and perfect. Here's how (in my mind)"
There is not a ton of blue in nature besides the sea and the sky. The sea and the sky are the two things that I think all humans would agree provoke the most wonder, pondering, cognition, etc... Humans are set apart from other creatures because we are able to look back and philosophize about our own existence. Not to mention, when people gaze at the sky or the ocean, the sight of something that vast and deep reminds us how small and insignificant we are in comparison to everything bigger than us. (BLUE = THINKING = HUMAN)
In our everyday societies and cities, blue is often a very clinical colour. In a hospital, for example, blue is a very clean, cold, solid, almost metallic colour. Blue pens, blue ties, blue cars... blue seems like a very manufactured or technological colour. (BLUE = INDUSTRIAL = HUMAN)
Blue is well known for being The Sad Colour. It seems like a very typical human thing... to associate a colour with an emotion. Blue is the colour of sadness, loneliness, emptiness... human depression? (BLUE = SAD = HUMAN)
"Blue lips,
Blue veins.
Blue,
The color of our planet from far, far away."
This line pretty much says it all. Earth is, as far as we know right now, the only planet that has such complex life as humans: "The Blue Planet"... The blue veins that run through all of us humans. These lines show that you can look down, and see blue veins inside yourself, right there, so close that they're part of you... and then even if you zoom out so very far until you see Earth in outer space, you still see blue, symbolizing the existence of humans.
As a painter, this song has made me think about the meaning of the colour blue so much more deeply. The way Regina describes blue as "the most human colour" is so simple and perfect. Here's how (in my mind)"
There is not a ton of blue in nature besides the sea and the sky. The sea and the sky are the two things that I think all humans would agree provoke the most wonder, pondering, cognition, etc... Humans are set apart from other creatures because we are able to look back and philosophize about our own existence. Not to mention, when people gaze at the sky or the ocean, the sight of something that vast and deep reminds us how small and insignificant we are in comparison to everything bigger than us. (BLUE = THINKING = HUMAN)
In our everyday societies and cities, blue is often a very clinical colour. In a hospital, for example, blue is a very clean, cold, solid, almost metallic colour. Blue pens, blue ties, blue cars... blue seems like a very manufactured or technological colour. (BLUE = INDUSTRIAL = HUMAN)
Blue is well known for being The Sad Colour. It seems like a very typical human thing... to associate a colour with an emotion. Blue is the colour of sadness, loneliness, emptiness... human depression? (BLUE = SAD = HUMAN)
"Blue lips, Blue veins. Blue, The color of our planet from far, far away."
This line pretty much says it all. Earth is, as far as we know right now, the only planet that has such complex life as humans: "The Blue Planet"... The blue veins that run through all of us humans. These lines show that you can look down, and see blue veins inside yourself, right there, so close that they're part of you... and then even if you zoom out so very far until you see Earth in outer space, you still see blue, symbolizing the existence of humans.
Good point. Surprisingly a lot of people have missed the repetition of the "blue" and focused on whatever religious meaning they see.
Good point. Surprisingly a lot of people have missed the repetition of the "blue" and focused on whatever religious meaning they see.