Wedding Cakes

Blue Wedding Cak

John Ruskin once said: “Blue color  is everlastingly  appointed by the deity to be a source of delight”.  The blue color is often associated with the sky or the waters. No wonder we call the Earth the “Blue Planet”. This  color  appeals equally to both women and men, but in western cultures  the blue  is mostly used to represent the male gender,  in contrast to pink,  the color that symbolizes the female gender.




The  blue gives a sense of distance and vastness, isolation  and  loneliness, seen as dependable, committed,  encouraging people to  be productive but also being associated with  sadness, calm, coldness,  truthfulness, ice, wisdom, profound inner thoughts  or spiritual realization.  Different shades of blue have different  meanings, depending on what is  their visual impact on  people. The English word “blue” comes from the French word “bleu” which replaced the old English term “blaw”, derived  from the Old  Germanic “blao” which means “shining”.

In English language, the term blue can also refer to sadness or   the feeling of melancholy, from here the often used saying: “She was feeling blue”. This feeling is related to rain and the old Greek mythology:when Zeus was sad, he would make it rain, when he  was  angry, he would start a storm. Also when a ship lost its captain or other officers during a voyage, the rest of the crew would fly blue flags and wear blue bands until they reached safely home.

In Christian belief, the blue is associated with the Virgin   Mary while in India, the god Vishnu, known as the Preserver of the world and having as a symbol, among many  others, the  water and his avatars, Krishna and Ram are represented as having  a blue skin.

In Hinduism, the fifth chakra is blue, also known  as Visuddha or  the Throat Chakra, linked to the neck, arms, hands  and of course,  throat. In Mexico, the mourning color  is blue, in the old Aztec culture it means sacrifice,  different from the meaning used in Iran, where blue, green and blue-green were the symbols for paradise. In the Greek   culture, blue necklaces or amulets are worn to ward off the  evil  eye. In the Chinese culture, blue is associated  with east direction, the season of spring and with the woods.

Blue is such a powerful color with so many significances, so it would probably be a great choice as the main color for your  wedding cake. Basically, everybody loves blue, more or less, so  no need  to worry about creating a good impression on your guests with  your  personal tastes. If you might see the simple blue wedding cakes as being  too plain you can always choose for a  patterned wedding cake,  maintaining blue as the predominant  color; you can find online unique wedding cake designs off  unimaginable shapes, color combination,  sizes and styles. All you have to do is to pick one sample; another  option would be to make the wedding cake by your own self.