duck-egg blue
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 • Mar. 24, 2022
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 • Aug. 19, 2017
The sky to the east was turning a faint duck-egg blue.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2015
Painted gleaming white and duck-egg blue, with touches of gilt and crisp navy accents, the room is rustic in a Martha Stewart way.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2013
She wore a duck-egg blue jacket and hat at the service at Derby Cathedral alongside the Duke of Edinburgh.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2010
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