To forewarn the reader, I write this composition in praise of one color: deep blue. Although many people do not consider deep blue an earth tone, it shows up in many aspects of nature: in the early night sky, in the ocean, and in many precious minerals and stones. Sapphires, lapis lazuli, and azurite all share that same cool color. Anyone can find this appealing shade anywhere if one stops to look around themselves. Tranquility, serenity, innocence, and purity best describe the color blue, especially deep blue. But besides embodying peacefulness and rectitude, deep blue also symbolizes strength and triumph, the winners' color. In most of the competitions today, the person who reaches first place receives the blue ribbon.
Yet at the same time, deep blue also stands for mystery, secrecy, restlessness, and intense emotions. This happens as a result of blue making itself a contradictory color by characterizing calmness and power at the same time. Such inconsistency in its character causes deep blue to feel simple and complex simultaneously.
Besides having importance as a representation of many human qualities, blue also has a more mundane significance. In many religious depictions of Jesus and the saints, artists used crushed lapis lazuli to make the blue paint which colored the clothes of Jesus and the saints only. They called this paint ultramarine. The nobility and royalty of many countries wore clothes of a deep blue-violet color to signify their wealth; they even prohibited anyone of lower rank from wearing this color. People soon dubbed the color as "royal blue." Furthermore, the first settlers of America considered the dye indigo an important cash crop.
Not only does blue have a charm most colors lack, it has both an abstract and worldly importance. If only Earth had no color except for blue!