Death Becomes It: Who put the Blue in the Blue Screen of Death?

Just a coincidence or a call-back to borks of Windows past?

Bork!Bork!Bork! Even after a year of readers sending in photos taken of error screens they've seen out and about for The Reg's Bork column, the infamous Windows "Blue Screen of Death" has remained a mainstay. However, have you wondered why blue is the colour?...