Why blue resistors?

From: Harold kemp <haroldkemp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:26:36 +1000

Can anyone offer a sensible reason why 1% resistors are typically
blue? Cheaper dye maybe?

Everyone I know complains about reading the muddy colors. They drive
me crazy.

Electronics is usually a bastion of rationality. Who is responsible
for this turd of a policy?

Harold K.
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