duck-egg blue

British  

noun

1. 1. a pale greenish-blue colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      duck-egg blue walls

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Example Sentences

Located in the state’s Southern Tier close to the Pennsylvania border, it offers vistas of farmland, dotted with several big clapboard houses painted a duck-egg blue.

From New York Times

Firstly, the wallpaper: acres of it, in lofty-ceilinged apartments; duck-egg blue with golden lineaments, or linen hung decades ago by master craftsmen, or just an alcove lined with subtle candystripes leading down to a ripe mahogany floor.

From The Guardian

But the artwork was ridiculed on social media and by some locals, drawing comparisons variously with a smurf, a scarecrow and the Virgin Mary, with some arguing the only resemblance between the figure and the real-life person was the depiction of the duck-egg blue woollen coat she wore at the inauguration ceremony.

From The Guardian

In only his second year at London Fashion Week, he got a publicity boost that must be the stuff of dreams - a 91-year-old in duck-egg blue on the front row.

From BBC

We’re in the heartland, on a near-perfect day, when the waves on Lake Michigan are the color of Charlize Theron’s eyes, duck-egg blue and stumbling all over each other.

From Los Angeles Times