gentian blue
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A framed photograph of the sea, printed large and given solitary prominence on the gentian blue walls, offers a calming narrative in the master bedroom.
From The Guardian
The flowers are lilac and have gentian blue tips to the petals that are so mesmerizing, she said, “that you can get lost in the world of that flower.”
From Washington Post
Ivy and salal were rooted out of the rockery, replaced with campanula, snow-in-summer and Marty’s favorite gentian blue lithodora.
From Seattle Times
Their lovely colours—vivid crimson or deep, gentian blue seemed incongruous with their ungainly form and ferocious expression.
From Project Gutenberg
The soft gentian blue of her eyes darkened.
From Project Gutenberg
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