Blue often represents sadness, grief, and an uneasy feeling.
The phrase “I’m feeling blue” is widely used to describe a state of melancholy, indicating that someone is experiencing a deep sense of sadness, loneliness, or emotional heaviness. It reflects moments when the heart feels burdened, whether by loss, disappointment, uncertainty, or emotions that are difficult to put into words.
Perhaps that association has existed for far longer than expected. One theory traces it back to nautical traditions in the 18th and 19th centuries, where blue was associated with grieving because the ship would fly blue flags and paint a blue band along the ship’s hull when a captain died at the sea.
Besides, in medical terms,“go blue” or “blueness” is a state where someone’s overall blood oxygen level is low, indicating that someone is in life-threatening moments or near death.
Even today, the association between blue and sadness continues to appear in popular culture. Throughout the Inside Out movies, one of character which is “Sadness” is depicted as a blue character, reflecting the enduring symbolism of blue as the color of melancholy and emotional vulnerability.
Over time, blue has become more than just a color, it has evolved into a symbol of quiet sorrow and the emotions we often carry in silence.
I love the idea of using blue as the lowest state of myself, where I speak fluent in blue. Just as the ocean, the deeper it gets, the darker it becomes.
It reminds me of Laut Bercerita about how cold, how dark, and how lonely it must be to disappear beneath the sea.
The uncertainty that represented through a color of blue creating its own space for a sorrow feeling inside me…
Not until I met G.
G opened my perspective of many things, including the representation of color.
The first thing is when he sent me a love emoji in black, I was wondering what does it mean? is it a kind of gloomy and often referred as an uncertain thing of color?
He said, unlike the common color as in red heart, black is special because it’s the purest form. Also, I’ve read it symbolizes “all-or-nothing” loyalty where I’ve heard him said it too as his traits.
later, I thought his favorite color is gray because he often wears grey fits. turns out he doesn’t want to be referred as a grey fan because grey represents the uncertainty. I agree with this one.
Back to the blue color, he likes blue.
The beauty of sky and sea reminds him of blue. The way blue carries a feeling of calmness and stability.
At the end of the discussion, we believe that each color holds its own positivity and negativity.
Well… to me, in the saddest blue of mine…
G is the lightest and colorful thing as the tiny bubbles drifting through the air, the Marmois; glimmers scattered across the surface of the ocean, and a clear blue sky before sunset takes the shift.
