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electric blue

noun

  1. a vivid, light-to-moderate blue color.


electric blue

noun

    1. a strong metallic blue colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      an electric-blue evening dress

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of electric blue1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Prince Edward was there with his wife Sophie, who wore an electric blue suit and a peacock feather hat.

Her onscreen costume was a curiously intimate range of electric-blue mohair sweaters.

Eight o'clock saw Miss Warrender in a charming toilette of electric blue.

At every moment this blackness was brightened by puffs of electric blue, extraordinarily vivid, as shells burst in the air.

For a full minute she was silent, then her eyes came up and gave it back to me with their electric blue.

We shall now see how the electric-blue dress will become you.

I suppose we might buy some plush furniture; but I don't know as I'd care for electric blue.

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