13 Blue Paintings to Inspire and Power Your Week
In different art styles.
Blue
It is one of the three primary colors in the RYB color model, traditional color theory.
It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres.
Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colors.
Azure
Azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet.
Azure is the color halfway between blue and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The color halfway between blue and cyan on the RGB color wheel has a hex code of 0080FF.
It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day.
“It doesn’t matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.” — Jackson Pollock.
Tiles (Azulejos) in Lisbon.
This is a beautiful panel of glazed tiles from Jorge Colaço (1922) representing an episode of the battle of Aljubarrota (1385) between the Portuguese and Castillian armies. Lisboa, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes.
