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  2. Blue-collar worker - Wikipedia

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    Navy and light blue colors conceal potential dirt or grease on the worker's clothing, helping them to appear cleaner. For the same reason, blue is a popular color for boilersuits which protect workers' clothing. Some blue collar workers have uniforms with the name of the business or the individual's name embroidered or printed on it.

  3. Designation of workers by collar color - Wikipedia

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    A waitress. A pink-collar worker is also a member of the working class who performs in the service industry. They work in positions such as waiters, retail clerks, salespersons, certain unlicensed assistive personnel, and many other positions involving relations with people. The term was coined in the late 1970s as a phrase to describe jobs ...

  4. Light blue - Wikipedia

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    Light blue is a color or range of colors, typically a lightened shade with a hue between cyan and blue . The first use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in the year 1915. [2] In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue ( голубой, goluboy) and dark blue ...

  5. Blue economy - Wikipedia

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    Blue economy is a term in economics relating to the exploitation, preservation and regeneration of the marine environment. Its scope of interpretation varies among organizations. However, the term is generally used in the scope of international development when describing a sustainable development approach to coastal resources.

  6. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [1] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [2] The same color may have very different associations within ...

  7. Economics - Wikipedia

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    Economics (/ ˌ ɛ k ə ˈ n ɒ m ɪ k s, ˌ iː k ə-/) is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work.

  8. Columbia blue - Wikipedia

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    Columbia blue is a light blue color named after Columbia University. The color itself derives from the official hue of the Philolexian Society , the university's oldest student organization. Although Columbia blue is often identified with Pantone 292, the Philolexian Society first used it in the early 19th century, before the standardization of ...

  9. Flag of Aruba - Wikipedia

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    Description. The flag is rectangular and features four colors: yellow, blue, red, and white. Its width-to-length ratio is 2:3. The field color of the flag is Larkspur, identified as "no. 196" in the British colour council's "Dictionary of Colour Standards" or PMS 279 C in the Pantone Matching System. [5] The lower 1/3 of the flag is divided ...