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World Oceans Day
"And I have loved thee, ocean! And my joy
Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be
Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy
I wanton'd with thy breakers-they to me
Were a delight; and if the freshening sea
Made them a terror-'twas a pleasing fear,
For I was as it were a child of thee,
And trusted to thy billows far and near,
And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here."
~ The Dark, Blue Sea, George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, (1812-1818)
"Glaz" is a poetic Breton word for a colour used to describe the changing greens, blues and greys of the sea. From the bright blues and turquoises of clear weather to the pink-orange reflections at sunset and sunrise, the colour palette of deep oceans and inland seas have inspired poets and artists since ancient times. In many cases, these colours are dependent on the organic and mineral particles, and other dissolved substances in the water. Colours can also vary depending on the phytoplankton species present in marine areas: dinoflagellate species can cause real “red tides”; coccolithophores turn the sea milky; diatoms can make it appear bright green, and waters low in phytoplankton, can turn the sea to deep indigo or even violet! Interestingly, ancient peoples did not necessarily have a separate word for the colour "blue", reckoning it only as a shade of the green or describing it by hue only, light to dark. The ancient Egyptians, however, did have a separate word for "blue", perhaps due their innovation in creating blue dye early on in their history. Today, blue in all its modern shades, from Midnight, Royal, Turquoise, Teal, and Cyan, stands as the most popular colour according to a recent survey of various countries. 💚 🌊💙
World Oceans Day is an annual observation to honour the world's oceans, celebrate the products the ocean provides such as seafood as well as marine life itself for aquariums, pets, and a time to appreciate its own intrinsic value.
Glaz is a poetic Breton word for a colour used to describe the changing greens, blues and greys of the sea. From the bright blues and turquoises of clear weather to the pink-orange reflections at sunset and sunrise, the colour palette of deep oceans and inland seas have inspired poets and artists since ancient times. In many cases, these colours are dependent on the organic and mineral particles, and other dissolved substances in the water. Colours can also vary depending on the phytoplankton species present in marine areas: dinoflagellate species can cause real “red tides”; coccolithophores turn the sea milky; and diatoms can make it appear green. When the waters are low in phytoplankton, the color of the sea may tends to indigo or violet such as in the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island, where the clearest water in the world is observed!
For a collection of well known paintings showing the different colours of the ocean, click the painting "Miranda" by John Williams Waterhouse, 1875, from Shakespeare's The Tempest.