Home Dutch Icons Tulips The myth of blue tulips Dutch IconsTulips The myth of blue tulips 02/02/2017 Did you know that tulips come in pretty much every color of the rainbow, except blue? Pure blue tulips only exist by paint or Photoshop. Several tulips have ‘blue’ in their name but they are actually more purple than blue. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Dutch Food & Drinks Tasty appetizers: Tomato tulips Drenthe Windmill Museum ‘De Wachter’ in Zuidlaren Dutch Icons 12 and 13 May 2018: National Mill Days