Interesting article by Kim Palmer in STIR magazine talking about colors and their effective on elections, campaigning and politics. BY KIM PALMER The story behind our national hues of red, white and blue. The fall colors were hard to miss this season. Not the yellows and oranges of autumn leaves. Rather, the avalanche of red, white and blue screaming for voters’ attention. When the election season was in full swing, our national hues were all around us – saturating lawn signs, mailers and TV ads. The patriotic combo of red, white and blue may be a political cliché, but it remains the color scheme of choice for 80 percent of all campaigns. This year’s presidential race unfolded predictably, colorwise, with both tickets branded by variations on the color trio. For Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the look was blue letters on a white background, with a red-, white- and blue-striped “R.” For Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden, it was a blue “O” resembling a stylized sun rising over a red striped farm field.