Startling piercing eyes of ragamuffin children in Afghanistan, lapis lazuli blue like the ancient deposits in their homeland. The azure waters of the Aegean. Cerulean skies above bougainvillea-clad houses on Greek islands surrounded by ultramarine tides lapping on white sands. Provence blue shutters on Charentaise farmhouses. Gatherings of cobalt sea glass winking up, sparkling in the low winter sun. A flash of aquamarine, Monsieur Kingfisher darting along a sunlit French riverbank. Cossack blue cloth fashioned into Royal Air Force uniform. Stiffkey Blue on our shop front. Carpets of violet bluebells in dappled woodlands. Memories painted in colour. Not feeling blue.
Inspired by a conversation about ‘cerulean blue’.
cerulean
/sɪˈruːlɪən/
Literary
adjective
deep blue in colour like a clear sky.
"images of cerulean waters and golden sands"
noun
a deep sky-blue colour.
"electric shades of cyan and turquoise and cerulean"
I mean this is writing, words you literally chomp on even while reading silently. Visceral. And also tactile...as if I could grab the words off the page and run away with them.