cerulean blue

noun

1. a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
2. a pigment used in painting consisting mainly of oxides of tin and cobalt, chiefly characterized by its greenish-blue color and permanence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerulean blue¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The ragamuffin sat perched upon the broad shoulder and peered down at the lady with eyes of cerulean blue.

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Above beautiful cerulean blue, throat and breast paler, belly whitish.

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In great derision he squirted half a tube of cerulean blue upon his canvas.

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Our old friend had stockings of cerulean blue—though she would have died had she shown half an inch of one of them.

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Two forms were in the sky, outlined against the back ground of cerulean blue.

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