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Several languages, including Japanese and Lakota Sioux, use the same word to describe blue and green. For example, in Vietnamese, the colour of both tree leaves and the sky is xanh. In Japanese, the word for blue (青, ao) is often used for colours that English speakers would refer to as green, such as the colour of a traffic signal meaning "go".
It is a steakhouse based on this type of cooking. The explanation given in the menu revolves around steelworkers cooking steaks on hot iron. Instead of calling this Pittsburgh rare (at least in Minneapolis), they call it Pittsburgh Blue or black and blue. Black refers to the char and blue refers to the rare interior of the steak.
Blue was a latecomer among colors used in art and decoration, as well as language and literature. [7] [verification needed] Reds, blacks, browns, and ochres are found in cave paintings from the Upper Paleolithic period, but not blue. Blue was also not used for dyeing fabric until long after red, ochre, pink and purple.
POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.. Describing it as a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Variety of the color blue For other uses, see Shades of Blue (disambiguation). "Shade of Blue" redirects here. For the song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, see Shade of Blue (song). For the R&B/funk band, see Shade of Blue (band). Blue Wavelength 440–490 nm Common connotations ...
The Ocean Photographer of the Year awards announced the winners of its 2024 contest featuring stunning images of underwater wildlife. 12 award-winning underwater photos give rare glimpses beneath ...
Copper phthalocyanine ("phthalo blue") is a synthetic blue pigment frequently used in paints, inks, and dyes. It is highly valued for its superior properties such as light fastness, tinting strength, covering power and resistance to the effects of alkalis and acids. It has the appearance of a blue powder, insoluble in most solvents including ...
Rare may refer to: Rare, a particular temperature of meat; Something infrequent or scarce, see Scarcity; Rare species, a conservation category in biology designating ...