gentian blue

noun

- a purplish-blue colour
- (as adjective): gentian-blue shoes

Words Nearby gentian blue

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How to use gentian blue in a sentence

Around her neck was the Necklace she wore in all the ages, showing greenish in a dusk of gentian blue.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLane
Gentian-blue is a useful word, bringing to mind the piercingly powerful hue of the Gentianella.
Wood and Garden | Gertrude Jekyll
Another guest room was done in gentian blue and white, with a little buff and rose-color in small things.
The House in Good Taste | Elsie de Wolfe
"For other things, also," she said, letting her eyes of gentian-blue rest on the young man.
The Flaming Jewel | Robert W. Chambers
As Theodore sped through the Copper-Market in the morning, he looked up; the sky was of the deepest gentian blue.
Historic Oddities | Sabine Baring-Gould

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