The Problem with Blue
@Teachapp The Problem with Blue Vision is a conspiracy between rods, cones, and the brain, a tiny committee of biochemical bureaucrats arguing over what the world looks like. RGB arrives with its three blunt little hammers, pounding color into obedient data: red, green, blue. Hue files the paperwork. Saturation adds the gossip. We call this science. But then there is robin’s egg blue. It is not the same blue as an August morning, though both may pass inspection as blue. One is the blue of a secret kept in a shell, the other the blue of heaven after the weather has apologized. Somewhere between them, our cones make their calculations and our brains make a guess, insisting that perception is reality. The sky, naturally, has no opinion. I call it blue. You call it blue. And somehow, after all these years, this is still where civilization draws the line. —-- Robin’s egg blue, August morning says, “I’m bluer.” My cones disagree. ----- ©2026 Christopher Reilley This haibun (Prose/haiku ...
