Why is the blue screen of death blue?

I have always wondered why the blue screen of death is blue..i mean why wouldn't it be black? Or why didn't they make it red(more of an alarming color) WHy did they decide it should be blue?

What do YOU think?

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asked Aug 20 '10 at 21:46

SJP
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edited Aug 20 '10 at 21:48

Red hurts my eyes, and gives me a headache, literally.

(Aug 20 '10 at 22:29) Madison Tries

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Blue is generally considered to be a more relaxing color. In my opinion, that shade of blue is my least favorite, and every time I see it, I get extremely ticked off.

answered Aug 20 '10 at 22:25

catchatyou
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me too..its not really the most relaxing blue...

(Aug 20 '10 at 22:28) SJP

Who doesn't? I want it to be the Navy Blue screen of death. lol

(Aug 20 '10 at 22:30) Madison Tries

I'd prefer more of the sky blue, but then that color would get annoying after some time. I say, just leave the screen black so you can at least save some energy.

(Aug 20 '10 at 22:41) catchatyou

how about it strobes between red and blue while playing techno music....

(Aug 20 '10 at 22:48) SJP

The BSOD has several key requirements:

Must be clearly different from standard OS operation
Must work on all hardware. Every video card and every monitor support plain text. Even going back to CGA (Though only VGA and up will support 80x50 text mode).
The Windows Kernel must be able to invoke it directly, bypassing most layers of the OS entirely, because one of those layers might be the problem. That means no happy shiny windows.
In plain text mode, there are only 16 colors to choose from, and only 8 of them can be used as a background without special drivers. BSOD must work without any drivers, because drivers are the cause of most BSODs.

Also, if you have a dialog in front, that's not a real BSOD.

As for why it's blue, it stands out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death

answered Aug 20 '10 at 22:26

tsilb
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edited Aug 20 '10 at 22:27

0	There is black screen of death too. Also known as also BSOD Another reason why it is red is because I myself think that I seldom see RED system messages and menus. Ask microsoft. answered Aug 20 '10 at 22:01 iTechnologyz 1.3k●93●101●120 edited Aug 20 '10 at 22:04

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