Why not maroon?

This week at One Single Impression the prompt is ‘Blue’.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME blewe < AF blew, bl(i)u, bl(i)ef blue, livid, discolored, OF blo, blau (F bleu) < Gmc *blǣwaz; cf. OE blǣwen, contr. of blǣhǣwen deep blue, perse (see blae, hue ), OFris blāw, MD blā(u), OHG blāo (G blau), ON blār. Ancient Greek lacked a word for blue and Homer called the colour of the sea “wine dark”, except that the word kyanos (cyan) was used for dark blue enamel.

I wanted to start by saying some personal stuff. Many of you have commented and/or emailed me about my recent posts. The truth is I’ve been struggling for several months now with depression. I am on medication which is helping to keep me going, but my creative mind has turned to mush. I’m also seldom online anymore as after work I’m too tired and on my days off, too busy with chores or trying to control my anxiety by reading or watching television. I’m also having on and – mostly off – therapy in an attempt to get myself moving again and at least feeling moderately content about living. I’m not having much any success in that endeavor. I can’t blame the multiples either because they are rarely around under the current circumstances. For those of you missing Rose I would have to state that it is extremely unlikely at present that she will be blogging or communicating. That’s not to say she won’t answer your email, but it may take a week or two for her to come forward out of wherever she is hiding. She rarely even talks to me anymore and I miss her sassy spark.

Returning to the prompt, I was surprised to discover that many Asian and African languages do not have separate words for blue and green but rather depend on the context of the object being described. The light spectrum lists blue between 440 and 490 nanometers. [A nanometer being a billionth of a meter in length.]

too ordinary
flowers water sky leaves grass
exotic hues named