color of infinity

Anglais

Étymologie

Composé de color et de infinity.

Locution nominale

color of infinity \ˈkʌl.ɚ əv ɪn.ˈfɪn.ə.ti\ (États-Unis), \ˈkʌl.ə əv ɪn.ˈfɪn.ɪ.ti\ (Royaume-Uni)

1. (États-Unis) Couleur de l’infini, bleu. Note : La notion de couleur de l’infini est habituellement attribuée au bleu, mais pas toujours.
   • Although related to death, blue is also the color of infinity. — (Patricia Pisters, The matrix of visual culture: working with Deleuze in film theory, 2003)
   • As for Van Gogh, blue was the color of infinity. — (Thomas McEvilley, G. Roger Denson, Capacity: history, the world, and the self in contemporary art and criticism, 1996)
   • Blue is the color of infinity. — (Swami Tejomayananada, Hindu Culture)
   • Kandinsky regarded blue as the color of infinity, the “typical heavenly color,” which arouses a longing for purity and transcendence. — (Armin Zweite, Annegret Hoberg, The Blue Rider, 1989)

Variantes orthographiques

• colour of infinity (Royaume-Uni)