Fifty Shades of Blue

This blue door - which is the door to our shed - always reminds me of the colours of Greece.  I think it's the land of blue.  Look at a picture of the Greek islands, and this blue turns up there - often on window shutters.  It's not green enough to be a turquoise, but it's more than a light blue.  I thought maybe it was azure, so looked up the word on the internet, and Wikipedia shows us this - 

Azure (color) - a hue of blue

Azure (heraldry) - a blue color on flags or coats of arms

Azure (song) - a composition by Duke Ellington

Azure (magazine) - a periodical on Jewish thought and identity

Azure (design magazine) - a periodical on architecture and design

Azure, Alberta

Azure, Montana

Azure (building) - a structure in Dallas, Texas

Bentley Azure - a car

Lapis Lazuli - a precious stone

Azure Window - a natural arch

Windows Azure - a cloud computing platform created by Microsoft

I had no idea that the word meant anything other than a blue colour.  Apparently it's defined as a light purplish blue, so that's not it.  Do you remember Prussian Blue?  That was in my Windsor and Newton watercolors when I was a child - I've no idea if it's still in the palette now.

Just looking up the word "blue" on the internet brings up some fascinating names for the colour - Eton blue, Bondi, Palatinate, and Phthalo blue.  THIS is why I haven't really dipped into Pinterest because it would just suck me in with all those amazing images and graphics, and I know I'd look up one day and it would be a week next Tuesday.  Just spending time today looking up the colour blue, was a wonderful journey but I really need to get on and do some real work.  When I win the lottery, I'm going to allow myself to sign up to Pinterest and dive in ...