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I wonder if chromium having the blue colors is what set the precedent for almost every other privacy-conscious browser to have a blue logo (Waterfox, GNU Icecat, palemoon, librewolf...)
EDIT on second though probably not, blue just seems like a good color for internet-related applications. Safari, edge, and internet explorer are also blue!
For years I've seen blue as a social media color and stayed away. A beautiful peaceful color ruined by Facebook and its ilk
And I hate that it's everywhere. Be more colourful, people!
The color palette of fortune 100 companies seem to be, in order of frequency: Blue, Red, and White (not counting negative space).
I think that there was some study that found that these colors are the most impactful or some shit.
I remember hearing that in pokemon go, you could choose to join one of three teams or whatever (blue, yellow, and red). And the blue one was by far the most popular one, despite there being no difference besides color.
As others already said, Chromium definitely isn't the first or only one to use a blue logo. There is a theory that colours influence the way we perceive a brand, for example this article explains that idea.
Blue is supposed to convey trustworthiness and maturity. A lot of companies like that, so you tend to see a lot of blue.
You may also be experiencing the frequency illusion. If you specifically noticed the blue in Chromium's logo, it would make sense that you suddenly started noticing the blue in other logos as well!
I feel like just more app icons in general are blue than any other color. Off the top of my head in addition to what you mentioned I have shazam, venmo, signal, steam, blink, reolink, dropbox, steam, paypal, discord, max, disney plus. And that's not even counting one's that are majority white but with blue as the only color. I think it's just the most popular design choice or maybe there's some sinister market research somewhere that shows people use/spend more on apps that have blue icons.
I believe blue is a very “Everything is okay” colour. Which might explain why it’s so common if true.