Blue Is the Colour (song) became a hit in Australia. In 1978, the song was re-recorded as "White Is The Colour" for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and became a local hit. The Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers re-recorded "White Is The Colour" for the Whitecaps' 2002 season, and performed it live during half-time of a game. Since the club's move to the MLS in 2011, it has been the entrance song for every home game at BC Place. The song has been modified into Danish by Flemming Anthony into the title "Rød-hvide farver" (Red and white colours). The song was the official supporter's song for
Blue Is the Warmest Colour with Adele's exploration of her identity in this context. However, the film's treatment of lesbian sexuality has been questioned by academics, due to its being directed from a straight, male perspective. In "Sight & Sound", film scholar Sophie Mayer suggests that in "Blue is the Warmest Colour", "Like homophobia, the lesbian here melts away. As with many male fantasies of lesbianism, the film centres on the erotic success and affective failures of relations between women". The issue of perspective has also been addressed in a "Film Comment" review by Kristin M. Jones who points out that "Emma's supposedly sophisticated friends