blues

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Hansen was drawn to the beautiful shades of blues, greens and browns that the surface reveals if you’re patient enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

His elegant pinks, mauves, light blues and reds are rare in such solemn scenes; almost otherworldly, they beautifully draw attention to all the gently curved bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Yellow is a popular colour this year, along with baby pinks and blues.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

It was a blue so blue that it made all other blues look like they had been only the practice for this one shining sky.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell