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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Blue

What color makes you sad or unhappy, everybody? Does blue do that? I'm wondering why the word "blue" can mean "sad or unhappy".
  

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I'm feeling blue. - This is not about the color making you do that but more about your mood being blue. When you're happy, you think of something bright and sunny - yellow, orange for me.

— Elizabeth1

  • I'm feeling blue.
  • - This is not about the color making you do that but more about your mood being blue.
  • When you're happy, you think of something bright and sunny - yellow, orange for me.
  • When you're mad - red.
  • When you're sad - blue.
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I'm feeling blue. - This is not about the color making you do that but more about your mood being blue. When you're happy, you think of something bright and sunny - yellow, orange for me. When you're mad - red. When you're sad - blue. It's a color that associates with the mood and not the cause of it.
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Why did people start using the word "blue" to mean "sad or unhappy"?
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HUBLOTWhy did people start using the word "blue" to mean "sad or unhappy"?
I have no idea, but it is strictly a cultural thing. There is a French song popular some 30 years ago, L'amour est bleu, and it is a happy song. When the song came into English, it became a sad song. "Blue, blue, my life is blue now I'm without you."
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