Water is blue

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We are having a fountain built and discussed tile with the builder, the TW and builder said blue is the best color.  I said that even with white the water can be blue.  I got a lot of flack on that one.

Went to see Pachi today about getting tile, and made the same comment, everyone thought I was crazy (more than normal).   

I had a pool in the US, it was white fiberglass, and the water when clean was blue. 


From Wiki:    Clean water appears blue in white-tiled swimming pools as well as in indoor pools where there is no blue sky to be reflected. The deeper the pool, the bluer the water
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_water


However, with only a foot or so of water in the fountain, the blue would not be noticable, so I agreed to color tile.

Just thought I would provide that info as no one has agreed with me yet. 

[Freddy]

If you want white tile but blue tinted water (assuming your self circulating) could you not just tint the water with a dye.

[DeputyDavid]

Grey painted bottom makes for deeper blue color water, so I am told, but that is with a pool, not a small fountain.