Living creatures included the blue tang, a fish found in the Atlantic Ocean although the name is also given to an unrelated species of surgeonfish, and the blue jay, a bird of North America. It gives its name to Toronto's baseball team. A bluebottle is a blow-fly or can also refer to the sea creature called the Portuguese man o' war if you live in South Africa, New Zealand or Australia.
Plants are the bluebell, a spring flowering plant found across Europe, and the bluebonnet, found in the southern USA and the state flower of Texas. Bluegrass is the name for a specific type of grass, particularly in Kentucky in the USA. The name also applies to a type of folk music which originated in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern USA.
Songs included are 'Blue Bayou', written by Roy Orbison and a hit for him in 1963 before Linda Ronstadt covered it in 1977, also with chart success. 'Blue Velvet' was a hit song recorded by Tony Bennett in 1951 and Bobby Vinton in 1963 among many others. David Lynch also directed a film of the same name in 1986. 'Blue Moon' has several possible meanings, but I was thinking of the 1934 song written by Rodgers and Hart and taken to the top of the charts in a doo-wop version by The Marcels in 1961. The title has been used for films and book titles as well as being an astronomical term.
Expressions referring to people are blue blood, referring to the nobles of a country and blue collar, used to describe someone who carries out manual labour. Bluebeard is a character from a French folk story about a man who has a habit of murdering his wives while a blue stocking is an expression used to describe an intellectual female at a time when most women remained in the home.
Earth is often referred to as the blue planet, due to the abundance of water, and 'The Blue Planet' is the title of a series of television shows by David Attenborough, covering various aspects of life in the world's oceans.
Inanimate objects are blue jeans, worn by nearly everybody, Blue Peter, a flag flown by a ship to show it is about to set sail, and a blueprint, referring to a technical drawing which allowed copies to be made. It is often used figuratively these day. Blue murder refers to a loud and noisy protest and has also been used for a television series and a band name.
The non blue words refer to the purple martin, which is a bird found in North America and the yellowhammer, another bird, native to Europe. Also yellow is the submarine which The Beatles sang about. Red Square is the famous area in Moscow where the Kremlin is situated while a grocer who sells fresh fruit and vegetables is a greengrocer. Another song was referenced with 'Pink Cadillac', sung by Bruce Springsteen in 1984.
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