Blue: color, cheer, and jingle
Okay, so the world continues to turn and Michigan teams still have reasons to play (Today: Go, Gymnastics!)
Meanwhile, here's "Rhapsodies in Blue" by James Tobin, a deep dive into Michigan's blue. It includes info that's been posted before but I don't recall it all covered together —
• as a color (200+ years of evolving uncertainty—including sky blue & a prof who helped persuade Fielding Yost to stay at UM—till 2013 and Pantone 282 c),
• as a cheer ("Go Blue," maybe 1950 hockey, maybe 1950 football, maybe 1947 baseball), and
• as a jingle (music goes bup-bup-bup, we go "Let's Go Blue!")
https://heritage.umich.edu/stories/rhapsodies-in-blue/
That boy ain’t right, I tell ya hwhat.
Interesting article. My friends and I have noted that "maize" has been more volatile during our lives than "blue"
The old debate and poetry of the Michigan Blue discussion was resolved in favor of:
Pantone 282c. The hexadecimal color code #041e42 is a very dark shade of cyan-blue
Good point.
BTW, the article discusses Pantone 282c, which I repeat in my intro.
Somehow "Pantone 282c" is not as lyrical as the metaphors in The Yellow and Blue:
Blue are . . .
the billows that bow to the sun” (sounds pretty pale); “the curtains that evening has spun” (definitely darker); “blossoms to memory dear” (actually, blue flowers are all but unknown in nature); “the sapphire [that] gleams like a tear” (a saturated blue approaching royal); a maiden’s eyes “brimming with blue” (not specific); and “garlands of bluebells” (closer to purple than sky blue).
Made me laugh
Interesting story that would have been more interesting if the author had included samples of the various shades of blue he was discussing in the story.
As long as we're talking color and such, I say bring back the shiny high gloss pants from the 90's! Matte pants are too dull.
Name checks out. Blue balls afire in high gloss pants.