is also the favorite color of European population. Blue embodies divers connotation in history.

As Brusatin mentioned in "A history of colors", the Egyptian obtained the color blue with hard stone such as the sapphire, lapis lazuli and beryl. The fabrication of the color blue was achieved during the Antiquity thanks to two different plants: the Woad (Latin: Guastrum, Vitrum, Isatis, Waida) and the Indigo (small trees which leaves give the indigo color). Those plants were used to tinge clothes. The garments of the time reflected both the color's signification and importance in a society, during the Middle Age the color blue remained discreet. Yet, some villages had more blue clothes than some others due to the proximity of the Indigo trees. The arising of the second millennium witnessed the passage of Blue from a "background color" to a "first plan color". In a few years the status of the color blue not only evolved but also changed, its economic value increased, its trend regarding fashion grew and its place in artistic creation became invasive. In the middle of the thirteenth century, the civilizations open themselves to new colors such as blue, yellow and green. The religion was on of the first one to consider with a higher interest blue since its fabrication with a precious stone was expensive and its use was therefore a sign of homage. For instance, Maria was represented in blue in numerous painting because it was the most expensive color to produce at the time. This blue was obtained with the Lapis Lazuli; its utilization was a sign of religion's deference. The stone was reduced to powder that permit the painter to obtain a deep blue. Religion gave also some answers to men who were questioning about colors. It confers a symbolic value for most of the main color. Brusatin in "A history of colors" clarifies the relation between religion and some colors by associating blue as a Christian color which was the "filters through which liturgical values were secretly passed and by which a communal ecclesial identity was silently expressed" (24). More over, the Church ruled the life in the villages, it indicated the role of color in the village, and people did not have the same right toward colors.

Colors are still determinant criteria in our society. They indicate one's mind, taste or even social category. In fact, given both the cultures and the countries, they embody diverse meanings. Blue has played and still plays an important role in our society. As one of the three primary colors, it is a major element of painting and art in general. Its history is abundant and astonishing. Blue is the favorite color of the Occident considering divers social class, religions and cultures. Blue became a magic word, which softens the spirits and invites you to dream.

The history of the color Blue is very absorbing due to both its late beginning and its difficulty to master though it was very present in the nature (sky, sea, some flowers and animals). Some early civilizations did not have a name for the color blue but for an association of colors, which was including the color blue, that emphasizes the modest place blue took during the first centuries in most of the civilizations. For instance, numbers of philologers wonders if the

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