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BlueThe hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo with wavelengths of approximately 450 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colours that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky. aqua - a light bluish green to light greenish blue aquamarine - a pale blue to light greenish blue azure - a light purplish blue; (heraldry) the colour blue baby blue - a very light to very pale greenish or purplish blue bice blue - a moderate blue blue-black - a black colour with a tinge of blue; very dark blue Cambridge blue (Brit.) - a pale blue cerulean - azure; sky-blue clair de lune - the colour of a pale, greyish-blue glaze applied to various kinds of Chinese porcelain cobalt blue - a moderate to deep vivid blue or strong greenish blue cornflower - a vivid blue cyan - a greenish blue, considered a primary colour in printing and photography cyanic - of a blue or bluish hue electric blue - a steely or brilliant light blue faience - a moderate to strong greenish blue glaucous - of a dull greyish-green or blue colour gunmetal - (in full gunmetal grey, gunmetal blue) a dull bluish-grey colour hyacinth - a deep purplish blue to vivid violet ice blue - a very pale blue indigo - a dark blue to greyish purple blue lavender - a pale blue colour with a trace of mauve Mazarine - a very dark blue midnight blue - a very dark blue Nattier blue - a soft shade of blue [much used by J. M. Nattier, French painter d. 1766] navy blue - a dark greyish blue Nile blue - a light greenish blue Oxford blue - a dark blue, sometimes with a purple tinge, of this colour peacock - n. the lustrous greenish blue of a peacock's neck. adj. (hyphenated when attrib.) of this colour peacock blue - a moderate to dark or strong greenish blue perse - dark greyish blue or purple powder blue - a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue Prussian blue - a moderate to strong blue or deep greenish blue robin's-egg blue - a pale bluish green to greenish or greyish blue royal blue - a deep to strong blue sapphire - the blue colour of a gem sapphire saxe blue - a lightish blue colour with a greyish tinge sky blue - a light to pale blue, from a light greenish to light purplish blue slate blue - a greyish blue to dark bluish grey smoke - a pale to greyish blue to bluish or dark grey steel blue - a medium greyish blue teal - a moderate or dark bluish green to greenish blue turquoise - a light to brilliant bluish green ultramarine - a vivid or strong blue to purplish blue venetian blue - a strong blue to greenish blue Wedgwood - a. ceramic ware made by J. Wedgwood; |
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