royal blue
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of royal blue
First recorded in 1810–20
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The vessels are glazed a deep, glossy royal blue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
Powder blue jerseys brushed past royal blue horns in burger lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
Neighbors and her family threw two big parties at Tahitian Terrace, where the clubhouse was decorated in her favorite color, royal blue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025
First, and most obviously, the boy born in Barbados could have quite easily been in maroon instead of royal blue, in the away dressing room rather than on his home ground for Warwickshire.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
With the petty cash Mr. Haber had given me, I’d found one at a Chinatown tailor shop: royal blue with a faint pattern of flowers.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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