gentian blue

British  

noun

1. 1. a purplish-blue colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      gentian-blue shoes

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Example Sentences

The soft gentian blue of her eyes darkened.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

She changed her mind hurriedly twenty times, but was careful to select the most becoming street-frock she possessed, a gentian blue cloth trimmed with sable.

From Senator North by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The wonderful greenness of the grass, the glowing masses of yellow, and the deep gentian blue of the lupine would rank with the coloring of McWhirter's "Tyrol in Springtime."

From Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway by Gladding, Effie Price

The valance was of chintz in gentian blue and white.

From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de

Their features are regular; eyes black or deep gentian blue; complexion pale; movements and attitudes impressed with a stamp of rare distinction.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman