blue in painting:

Blue is an essential color for the artist's palette, ranging from ultramarine to prussian to indigo. Some artists (most notably, Picasso) even have a "blue period" in which they paint using mostly blues accented with other colors. Here are a few examples of some paintings which emphasize the mystery and beauty of blue.

Blau, Vasily Kandinsky



Blue Water Lillies, Claude Monet



Lady in Blue, Camille Corot



Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh



The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso (Blue Period)



Still Life, Patrick Caulfield



Dance (I), Henri Matisse



Abstraction Blue, Georgia O'Keeffe



Red and Blue, Ellsworth Kelly



Blue Dancers, Edgar Degas (my favorite)

blue national flags:

While many flags include blue, several nations have made blue the main color of their flag. Here's a few:

Antarctica

Argentina

Aruba

Botswana

Democratic Republic of Congo

El Salvador

Estonia

Finland

Greece

Honduras

Israel

Kazakhstan

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Nauru

Nicaragua

Scotland

Somalia

Uruguay

blue.... people?

while this is far less common than other blue things, there are a few noteworthy examples of... well, blue people. Take a look:




Meet the Fugate family of Kentucky. While this is a color-tinted photograph, members of this family lived with a real (and extremely rare) condition known as Methemoglobinemia which results in a bluish tint to the skin.





The Tuareg of the Sahara region are known for their use of indigo dye. Often, they wear indigo-dyed material enough that it begins to dye their skin.





Meet Paul Karason. He's been using colloidal silver. Read more about his story here: http://www.kval.com/news/local/12648491.html





Of course, there's the Blue Man Group. Try to get them to talk to you.





Last but not least... our Avatar friends. Looks like there are a few blue humanoids after all.

blue flora:

flax

lobelia

delphinium

forget-me-not

bluebells

bachelor's buttons

pansy

delphinium

jacaranda tree

blue places to visit:

Santorini, Greece

Jodhpur, India (Rajasthan)

Tunisia

Isfahan, Iran

Chefchaouen, Morocco