Got the Blues

I realised today that most of my history on computers could be summarised in shades of blue.

Any game played on a ZX Spectrum that was supposed to be outdoors usually had a cyan sky. Not a pleasant colour but then there was only eight to choose from.

I guess the three other colours tell us a few things. I guess some shades of blue make nice neutral colours for a basic look. At the same time they show us how the basic colour palette has expanded as the default number of colours has gone up.

Now, of course, it would not be enough to represent OS X or XP with just a single colour; you'd need the whole background image. And those images are predominantly blue.