LeMieux Colours LeMieux Ink Blue Collection

Le Mieux Ink Blue Sets

Discount Equestrian proudly presents the LeMieux® Ink Blue Collection!

The sophisticated Ink Blue Collection by prestigious equestrian brand LeMieux® is said to complement coat colours such as bay, dun, and grey perfectly.

Stunning products available as part of the Ink Blue Collection include:

* ProSport Suede Close Contact Square

* ProSport Suede Dressage Square

* ProSport Suede GP Square

* Loire Close Contact Square

* Loire Classic Dressage Square

* Loire Memory Close Contact Square

* Loire Memory Dressage Square

* Loire Fly Hood

* Loire Polo Bandages

* Grafter Brushing Boots

* Fleece Brushing Boots

* Vogue Headcollar & Leadrope

* Hat Silk

* My LeMieux Base Layer

Origin of the colour (courtesy of https://artuk.org/discover/stories/colour-in-art-a-brief-history-of-blue-pigment):

“Historically, the colour blue has had a wealth of connotations. Once believed to have mystical powers in the ancient world, centuries later the colour was associated with royalty, before blue dye was used for uniforms in the navy, hospitals and industrial factories.

Today, psychologists claim that blue is hard-wired into the human psyche and contributed to our evolutionary development as hunter-gatherers, who once learnt to survive in the wild among the blue skies and waters. The power of blue is so accepted that designers often choose the colour to decorate offices, believing research that it boosts productivity and feelings of calm.

A popular pigment among painters, Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kadinsky, Yves Klein and others all chose to base many of their works on the colour.

The earliest forms of blue pigment were extracted from the semi-precious limestone rock mixture 'lapis lazuli'. Originating from the Middle East, in particular, Afghanistan, the word's etymology comes from the Latin 'lapis', which translates into 'stone', and 'lazuli' meaning 'blue'.

This pigment was regularly imported from Asia, across the Silk Road, dating back 6,000 years up until the eighteenth century. Extracted from the remote Sar-e-Sang valley in the Badakhshan mountains in Afghanistan, it would eventually make its way to the bustling cosmopolitan towns of western Europe.

Scholars argue that for many millennia civilisations prized the rare stone, believing it to have mystical properties. Lapis lazuli was particularly popular in ancient Sumer and ancient Egypt when it was used for jewellery, headdresses and even the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamen, as well as (allegedly) the eyeshadow of Cleopatra.”