Why Is Blue Rare?
Now widely polled as the most popular color in the world, there was a time in which there was no blue -- at least not the way we see blue now. Sure, the sky and water haven’t changed colors, but without the ability to easily create blue dye or pigments, we had no use for the word “blue.”
And it turns out that we need words to identify, think, and talk about things for them to exist in our minds. Journey with Kevin as he tells the strange story of how humans discovered the color blue, which existed right in front of them the whole time.
The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural... The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness and becomes white.
-Wassily Kandinsky
Curiosity Box: https://www.curiositybox.com/
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
Instagram: http://instagram.com/kevlieber
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinlieber
Website: http://kevinlieber.com
Contributing Researcher & Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
http://koala.fm/
VFX by Eric Langlay
https://www.youtube.com/c/ericlanglay
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
https://www.youtube.com/user/jakechudnow
Special Thanks Paula Lieber
https://twitter.com/pixichuu
Vsauce2 Links
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VsauceTwo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VsauceTwo
Website: http://www.Vsauce.com
**** LINKS AND SOURCES ****
The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay
https://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-History-Color-Art/dp/1606064290/
Blue: The History Of A Color by Michel Pastoureau
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-History-Color-Michel-Pastoureau/dp/0691090505/
Secret Language Of Color by Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Language-Color-Science-History/dp/1579129498/
SPECIAL THANKS
Virginia Postrel
https://vpostrel.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Substance-Style-Aesthetic-Remaking-Consciousness/dp/0060933852/
Victoria Finlay
https://victoriafinlay.com/
Joshua J. Mark
http://www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/
Kidmograph
http://www.kidmograph.com/
Outro Song “I Came Back For You” by Trevor Something
https://trevorsomething.bandcamp.com/album/soulless-computer-boy-and-the-eternal-render
ARTICLES
Pigments Through The Ages
https://goo.gl/ytfGV3
https://goo.gl/D6nwMs
Color In Art
https://goo.gl/4Bu7pD
Harvard Color Vault
https://goo.gl/Q86ixm
https://goo.gl/Y43xCb
Little Snow White
https://goo.gl/Lsm8Xt
A Story Of Blue
https://goo.gl/4GsVFB
The Material History of the Color Blue
https://goo.gl/TT5vMS
True Blue Stands Out in an Earthy Crowd by Natalie Angier
https://goo.gl/wiFy7g
Why Is The Sky Blue?
https://goo.gl/KzoAcb
Blue Through The Centuries
https://goo.gl/Eh2og1
History Of Blue
https://goo.gl/pq5BDC
William Gladstone And The Odyssey
https://goo.gl/J8dDD5
No One Could See The Color Blue Until Modern Times by Kevin Loria
https://goo.gl/tUqph6
Why Is Blue The World’s Favorite Color?
https://goo.gl/GkoLyg
It’s Not Easy Being Blue (For Plants) by Eric Dillalogue
https://goo.gl/h763Hq
Color Wavelengths
https://goo.gl/3D67Lw
The Science Of Blue Flowers
https://goo.gl/N74ySm
First Blue-Eyed Human
https://goo.gl/B5gYsw
Humanity’s Favorite Color
https://goo.gl/Kzef6s
Color In Market Research
https://goo.gl/TsaMcs
What’s Your Favorite Color?
https://goo.gl/eEJW9K
Islamic Poetry
https://goo.gl/zAEYMm
Starry Night, Edvard Munch
https://goo.gl/HVsZ24
https://goo.gl/9Tyjpt
Newton And The Color Spectrum
https://goo.gl/Hg5omA
Blue And Green Language Distinctions
https://goo.gl/aCk9NQ
Rainbows In Art
https://goo.gl/AXwkCD
True Origin Of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
https://goo.gl/QrYZuB
STUDIES
Russian Blues Reveal Effects Of Language On Color Discrimination
https://goo.gl/CQHWHn
Ancient Color Categories
https://goo.gl/EQgLE4
Philip Cohen
https://goo.gl/f77dzZ
Scott Design Inc. Color Poll
https://goo.gl/dHGt6p
ASSETS
Namakura Gatana 1917 restoration by sumerias1
https://goo.gl/uBFKro
Egyptian Blue Eye at The J. Paul Getty Museum
https://goo.gl/KvC6N1
Indigo by Shisha-Tom
https://goo.gl/zmekJX
Archaemenid Bowl from David Aaron
https://goo.gl/9ZzXVX
Lapis Lazuli Eyes photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen
https://goo.gl/rTCJj8
Lapis Lazuli Buddha
https://goo.gl/uUYpfw
https://goo.gl/zopx9g
https://goo.gl/yxiYpo
CSIC
https://goo.gl/TX7P3r
Indus Valley Diorama by Biswarup Ganguly
https://goo.gl/GzS4U6
Rainbows
https://goo.gl/w8LFVk
https://goo.gl/mf5Dce
Denim by Nikodem Nijaki
https://goo.gl/jBqbsH
Blue Cat The British Museum
https://goo.gl/N8pwiW
Woad by H. Zell
https://goo.gl/mXuryL
Lazurite by Didier Descouens
https://goo.gl/RLQd3w
Cochineal by Dick Culbert
https://goo.gl/ejkzc3
Cochineal by H. Zell
https://goo.gl/Whkh8x
Portrait of Edvard Munch from National Library of Norway
https://goo.gl/DBUoz6
https://goo.gl/GQAJF8
Tekhelet by Mnavon
https://goo.gl/eY94C6
Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/
And it turns out that we need words to identify, think, and talk about things for them to exist in our minds. Journey with Kevin as he tells the strange story of how humans discovered the color blue, which existed right in front of them the whole time.
The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural... The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness and becomes white.
-Wassily Kandinsky
Curiosity Box: https://www.curiositybox.com/
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
Instagram: http://instagram.com/kevlieber
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinlieber
Website: http://kevinlieber.com
Contributing Researcher & Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
http://koala.fm/
VFX by Eric Langlay
https://www.youtube.com/c/ericlanglay
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
https://www.youtube.com/user/jakechudnow
Special Thanks Paula Lieber
https://twitter.com/pixichuu
Vsauce2 Links
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VsauceTwo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VsauceTwo
Website: http://www.Vsauce.com
**** LINKS AND SOURCES ****
The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay
https://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-History-Color-Art/dp/1606064290/
Blue: The History Of A Color by Michel Pastoureau
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-History-Color-Michel-Pastoureau/dp/0691090505/
Secret Language Of Color by Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Language-Color-Science-History/dp/1579129498/
SPECIAL THANKS
Virginia Postrel
https://vpostrel.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Substance-Style-Aesthetic-Remaking-Consciousness/dp/0060933852/
Victoria Finlay
https://victoriafinlay.com/
Joshua J. Mark
http://www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/
Kidmograph
http://www.kidmograph.com/
Outro Song “I Came Back For You” by Trevor Something
https://trevorsomething.bandcamp.com/album/soulless-computer-boy-and-the-eternal-render
ARTICLES
Pigments Through The Ages
https://goo.gl/ytfGV3
https://goo.gl/D6nwMs
Color In Art
https://goo.gl/4Bu7pD
Harvard Color Vault
https://goo.gl/Q86ixm
https://goo.gl/Y43xCb
Little Snow White
https://goo.gl/Lsm8Xt
A Story Of Blue
https://goo.gl/4GsVFB
The Material History of the Color Blue
https://goo.gl/TT5vMS
True Blue Stands Out in an Earthy Crowd by Natalie Angier
https://goo.gl/wiFy7g
Why Is The Sky Blue?
https://goo.gl/KzoAcb
Blue Through The Centuries
https://goo.gl/Eh2og1
History Of Blue
https://goo.gl/pq5BDC
William Gladstone And The Odyssey
https://goo.gl/J8dDD5
No One Could See The Color Blue Until Modern Times by Kevin Loria
https://goo.gl/tUqph6
Why Is Blue The World’s Favorite Color?
https://goo.gl/GkoLyg
It’s Not Easy Being Blue (For Plants) by Eric Dillalogue
https://goo.gl/h763Hq
Color Wavelengths
https://goo.gl/3D67Lw
The Science Of Blue Flowers
https://goo.gl/N74ySm
First Blue-Eyed Human
https://goo.gl/B5gYsw
Humanity’s Favorite Color
https://goo.gl/Kzef6s
Color In Market Research
https://goo.gl/TsaMcs
What’s Your Favorite Color?
https://goo.gl/eEJW9K
Islamic Poetry
https://goo.gl/zAEYMm
Starry Night, Edvard Munch
https://goo.gl/HVsZ24
https://goo.gl/9Tyjpt
Newton And The Color Spectrum
https://goo.gl/Hg5omA
Blue And Green Language Distinctions
https://goo.gl/aCk9NQ
Rainbows In Art
https://goo.gl/AXwkCD
True Origin Of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
https://goo.gl/QrYZuB
STUDIES
Russian Blues Reveal Effects Of Language On Color Discrimination
https://goo.gl/CQHWHn
Ancient Color Categories
https://goo.gl/EQgLE4
Philip Cohen
https://goo.gl/f77dzZ
Scott Design Inc. Color Poll
https://goo.gl/dHGt6p
ASSETS
Namakura Gatana 1917 restoration by sumerias1
https://goo.gl/uBFKro
Egyptian Blue Eye at The J. Paul Getty Museum
https://goo.gl/KvC6N1
Indigo by Shisha-Tom
https://goo.gl/zmekJX
Archaemenid Bowl from David Aaron
https://goo.gl/9ZzXVX
Lapis Lazuli Eyes photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen
https://goo.gl/rTCJj8
Lapis Lazuli Buddha
https://goo.gl/uUYpfw
https://goo.gl/zopx9g
https://goo.gl/yxiYpo
CSIC
https://goo.gl/TX7P3r
Indus Valley Diorama by Biswarup Ganguly
https://goo.gl/GzS4U6
Rainbows
https://goo.gl/w8LFVk
https://goo.gl/mf5Dce
Denim by Nikodem Nijaki
https://goo.gl/jBqbsH
Blue Cat The British Museum
https://goo.gl/N8pwiW
Woad by H. Zell
https://goo.gl/mXuryL
Lazurite by Didier Descouens
https://goo.gl/RLQd3w
Cochineal by Dick Culbert
https://goo.gl/ejkzc3
Cochineal by H. Zell
https://goo.gl/Whkh8x
Portrait of Edvard Munch from National Library of Norway
https://goo.gl/DBUoz6
https://goo.gl/GQAJF8
Tekhelet by Mnavon
https://goo.gl/eY94C6
Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/
