Ten years later, white and gold continues to lead in the original Buzzfeed poll with 2.5 million votes, while blue and black has 1.2 million votes — despite that being the actual colors of "the ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.