I am often asked: why is blue the dominant color in my pattern designs? I confess – I haven’t consciously set out to create in blue. In fact, there are plenty of other colors that I enjoy and look forward to including in my future collections. However, exploring the color blue a little may provide some clues as to why I am particularly drawn to this color.

It’s a curious fact that across cultures, blue consistently ranks as the world’s favourite colour. Perhaps because it surrounds us — the sky, the sea, distance, infinity. Or it could also be because blue has a subtle effect on us psychologically: it slows the breath. It softens our nervous system. It creates trust. Blue is both expansive and grounding.

Blue is also associated with the throat chakra — the centre of communication and truth. Spiritually, it represents the courage to express one’s inner truth. Physically, it relates to the neck, throat, vocal cords, mouth, and jaw. When balanced, it supports clear speech, open posture, and steady breath. Mentally, blue governs symbolic thinking — our ability to transform ideas into language, art, and beauty.

Thus to create in blue is, perhaps, to create from a place of clarity.

If I had to put it down to one thing, I would venture a guess that I favor blue because it feels timeless and because of the way how it carries history. Blue has never been an ordinary colour. For centuries, it was one of the most expensive pigments in the world. The luminous ultramarine was made from the semi-precious stone lapis lazuli, mined in distant Afghanistan and transported across continents. It cost more than gold. During the Renaissance, masters such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Jan van Eyck used ultramarine sparingly — often reserving it for the robes of the Virgin Mary. It was not merely a colour. It was reverence. It was devotion. It was prestige. Even earlier, civilizations treasured Egyptian blue — one of the first synthetic pigments in human history — though the formula was later lost for centuries.

Blue has always carried rarity, depth, and intention. And perhaps we still feel that. To me, blue feels like culture that speaks quietly but leaves a lasting impression. It makes sense then, that when people gather to celebrate life’s most meaningful moments, blue brings a quiet, timeless elevation — blessing the event and its people through its ability to reach beyond time and space.