One of the most striking aspects of the 8X's design is the earpiece which matches the blue hue of the rest of the phone.

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Mr. Fischer has painted the surface with a faded pale blue hue, a gradient of color he distilled from a landscape photograph using Photoshop, a computer program he employs in much of his work.

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However, when residents need to be a little more focused, a special blue-hue that has been found to stimulate alertness is generated.

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In Glasgow, 25, 000 turned out for its celebrations in George Square, while in Aberdeen 40, 000 people watched Scottish acts Deacon Blue, Hue and Cry and Fame Academy winner David Sneddon.

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But its blue-collar hue has faded.

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Were I to pull an all-nighter, I could also switch Hue to blue to stay alert.

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By the time she left office in 1990, blue was a missing hue on the Liverpool parliamentary map and Sir Malcolm had become MP for the more prosperous town of Crosby.

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In the first phase of the study, the researchers showed that their volunteers (Surrey university students) were slower to notice a target shade of blue when it flashed up against a blue background of a different hue than when it flashed up against a green background.

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Lakes are the colour of turquoise, so blue that you have to wonder if there is something unnatural behind their hue.

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