Oxford blue

British  

noun

1. 1. a dark blue colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      an Oxford-blue scarf

2. a person who has been awarded a blue from Oxford University

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Example Sentences

He wore jeans and a navy-blue sweater over an Oxford blue button-down, and drank sparkling water.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 2, 2017

This morning she and Sally wore their everyday Camp Fire costumes, and because it was cool their Navajo sweater coats, Gerry's a bright scarlet and Sally's an Oxford blue.

From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Vandercook, Margaret O'Bannon Womack

Dear maiden of the sunny head And cheeks of coral hue, The lips of rarest ruby red, The eyes of Oxford blue, And other charms I've left unsaid ...

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

"Maude is the only one who wears the Oxford blue."

From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.