Picasso's Blue Period Picasso's Blue Period The Blue Period () is a term used to define the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. These somber works, inspired by Spain and painted in Barcelona and Paris, are now some of his most popular works, although he had difficulty selling them at the time. This period's starting point is uncertain; it may have begun in Spain in the spring of 1901 or in Paris in the second half of the year. In
Cornflower blue Cornflower blue Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green compared to blue. This hue was one of the favorites of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-dark violet-blue tone. Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower. This was also called "Boyle's Blue" and "Cyan Blue". This dye color however, was not widely commercialized. Cornflower blue is a defined color in the X Window (X11) color scheme. As such, it is a color available as a named color for webpages. CornFlowerBlue () is