Retro-Colonial Blue

Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RGB (additive) colour model, as well as in the RYB colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The term blue generally describes colours perceived by humans observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called the Tyndall effect explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective.

retro

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
2. Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

Noun

1. Past fashions or trends.
2. Abbreviation of retrorocket.

colonial

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a colony.
2. Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.

Noun

1. A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
2. A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.

blue

Adjective

1. Of a blue hue.
2. Depressed, melancholic, sad.

Noun

1. The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
2. Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.