BLUE ANIMALS

I see that the old joker in Wellington is still casting aspersions on my looks. He's fixated on the fact that my portrait shows some orange tints in my face. The poor old guy simply doesn't understand the concepts of reflection and colour influence. Warm colours like orange are more active and emotionally charged than cool colours like blue. They jump out at the viewer, attracting attention and drawing interest. In general, warm colours are rarer than cool colours, so an image which has even a small splash of warmth can stand out. I wouldn't expect someone who lives on the far fringes of a city to understand this of course. Culture expands from a central source and it takes a long time to get to the outer reaches.

Moving on - a few posts back I promised to write posts using blue themes. One of these promised was a post on blue animals. Here it is:

BLUE ANIMALS

There aren't any.*

Thank you for your time.













* While there are no actual blue animals as in mammals there are some other creatures that are a bit blue or have 'blue' in their name. Some examples are:

Little blue heron.
Blue-ringed octopus.
Bluejay.
Moon jellyfish.
Blue poison dart frog.
Glaucus Atlanticus, also known as a blue dragon.