The Color of the Future: A history of blue

> It is the most technological color, and I’m willing to claim that this is why it is usually, in science fiction and elsewhere, used to represent the future.

For me it is because of red- and blueshifting[1]. Far away galaxies appear both older and redder the further away they are, so red is the past. And if you go really fast, the forward view will be bluer, so in the sense that it is where you go, blue is the future. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshift#Blueshift

Don’t they also say we only started seeing blue as a distinct color recently? That gives it future vibes.

I think this is just a misunderstanding on how colors are referred to.

Yeah I remember before and it was really weird looking.

That’s exactly backwards. If the galaxies are turning red, you are in the future. If you they are turning blue, you are going into the past.

An analogy is that if everyone around you is getting older, similar to red shifted galaxies, it means time is advancing forward. If everyone was getting younger, then you’re going backward in time to the past.

Red is the future.

> Far away galaxies appear both older and redder the further away they are, so red is the past.

> If the galaxies are turning red, you are in the future.

Aren’t these statements saying the same thing?