Have you ever noticed that, regardless of what airline you use, the seats are usually some shade of blue?
Granted, they may have a little splurt of color, like red or gray or yellow, but for the most part, they’re blue. And usually a pretty dark blue, at that.
In fact, if you go searching, you’ll only find a handful of airlines with seats that aren’t blue. Emirates are brown and tan. Singapore Airlines’ seats are purple and gray. The Sukhoi Superjet‘s seats are gray with a strip of blue in them. SWISS’s Bombardier’s CS100 seats are grayish-white. Korean Air’s are green and teal. And, of course, Virgin has planes with black seats, white seats or red seats (as well as purple lighting), because Richard Branson. 😉
There are, of course, others – you can add to the list in the comments ;-).
But otherwise, chances are good that your seat will be blue if you go on a plane.
Why are they blue?
Not surprisingly, it’s another one of the little mind games that airports and airlines play. These are some that we’ve discussed in the past:
The blue seats are another way to help people stay calm.
The people who maintain the Color Psychology website say:
Blue is a color that suggests peace. The color of the calm sea and clear sky are both blue which helps promote inner serenity, calm, and clarity. Blue can also slow your heart rate and breathing, making it the perfect color to choose when mediating and relaxing.
Blue also has a psychological push for loyalty and trust and is generally considered a “non-threatening” color.
When you’re 35,000 feet, you want people to be as calm as possible and trust their cabin crew. So…blue it is!
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This appears to be written from the perspective of someone who is North American and occasionally flies to Central America or northern Europe.
LATAM, South African, Qatar, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Avianca, Thai, Asiana, Cathay, Air NZ, Iberia, Aer Lingus, TAP, ITA, SAS, JAL, Fiji, China Airlines, EVA, Air India, Air China, Kenya Airways, Royal Jordanian, Sri Lankan, Etihad are just some which come to mind which don’t use the suffocating corporate blue tones which make you realise when you are on US carriers/BA/AF/KL/LH