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The calm and cool color blue is quite possibly the most frequently used color for iPhone applications.

Sure iPhone app icons come in all design styles and colors, but blue is fairly frequent. While one would expect apps for Twitter to be blue-shaded, Google’s main app is blue plus all of its web apps sport blue icons. In the screenshot at left (my apps are alphabetically-ordered and this screen shows S’s to W’s) you can see how the average view on my iPhone is blue, blue and more blue.

Here are some of the big blue hitters: SPORE Origins, Pandora, MySpace, LinkedIn, meebo, Things, LA Times, Scoops, Ambiance, Citysearch, Google Earth, Movies by Flixster, Poker Quest, Shazam, Wee Spider, Summizer, Tetris, Textropolis, Threads, The Weather Channel, Urbanspoon and Facebook (though Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and meebo have blue logos originally). Also, out of the 16 Apple-made apps, seven have blue as the primary color.

Sensational Color calls the color blue everyone’s “overwhelming “favorite color.” Also, Pantone named the color “Blue Iris” 2008 Color of the Year saying “Combining the stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple, Blue Iris satisfies the need for reassurance in a complex world, while adding a hint of mystery and excitement.”

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