gentian blue

noun

1. 1. a purplish-blue colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      gentian-blue shoes

Example Sentences

Around her neck was the Necklace she wore in all the ages, showing greenish in a dusk of gentian blue.

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Gentian-blue is a useful word, bringing to mind the piercingly powerful hue of the Gentianella.

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Another guest room was done in gentian blue and white, with a little buff and rose-color in small things.

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"For other things, also," she said, letting her eyes of gentian-blue rest on the young man.

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As Theodore sped through the Copper-Market in the morning, he looked up; the sky was of the deepest gentian blue.

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