I work part-time in a theatre that has a lobby ceiling painted blue with
white clouds.  We tell patrons it's to mimic the sky, too.  In reality,
it's to hide water stains that couldn't be disguised otherwise -- I assume
the water leak has been fixed, but you never know...

B.

At 11:43 AM 8/11/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I always thought it was to mimic the sky-
>but then in the past few years have been told that there is a
>ward off evil/moorish/spanish/ new mexico component to blue shutters
>& window trim.
>
>DD