Olympic symbols rings are five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the "Olympic rings". The symbol was originally designed in 1912 by de Coubertin. He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. According to Coubertin, the colours of the rings together with the white of the background included the colours composing every competing nation's flag at the time. Upon its initial introduction, Coubertin stated the following in the August 1912 edition of "Olympique": In his article published in the "Olympic Revue" the official
Of the Blue Colour of the Sky in producer Dave Fridmann's Tarbox Road Studios, a converted Amish barn in Cassadaga, New York, through May the following year. Bassist Tim Nordwind described the process of the studio sessions as a midpoint between the slick production work done on "OK Go" and the emphasis on live takes with the recording of "Oh No". "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky"'s accompanying booklet presents the album as a concept based on an unnamed passage from "The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight and of the Blue Colour of the Sky" by General A.J. Pleasonton. The title of this