Reason for the Blue Color in Facebook

When you open Facebook, the first thing that you notice is the blue color it uses. Ever wondered
why is Facebook so blue in color and not changing its color
scheme?

Ever since they started as 'thefacebook', Facebook has stayed with the blue color.
Although major changes have been made in the Facebook
theme since then, the major unchanged thing has been the blue color. Facebook from its early days
when it was known as the facebook
An exciting fact: In its earlier days, facebook.com required you to have an .edu email id to
join. Everywhere from its login page to
Facebook groups, you find only blue. Facebook Login Page. All Blue!

The reason for this is that Mark Zuckerberg, the young founder of
Facebook is red-green color-blind and blue is the richest colour for
him which he confirmed in an
online interview with Leo Laporte. Another important commercial
factor for using blue color is the fact that most colors tend to
distract the viewers. Blue on the other hand acts as a transparent
background to the main content as visible to the human brain due to which most popular websites
tend to use the blue color. It can easily be called a webmaster's
favorite color. Blue color is also sometimes referred to as 'Nirvana' for the brain.