gentian blue
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Their lovely colours—vivid crimson or deep, gentian blue seemed incongruous with their ungainly form and ferocious expression.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
She liked Tiedeman's flat: the big outer room, curtained with thick gentian blue and thin violet.
From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May
The soft gentian blue of her eyes darkened.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie
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
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