sky blue

American  

noun

1. the color of the unclouded sky in daytime; azure.

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sky blue British  

noun

1. 1. a light or pale blue colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a sky-blue jumper

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Other Word Forms

• sky-blue adjective

Etymology

Origin of sky blue

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

The wallpaper was a leaf pattern in a pale green, and the ceiling had been painted a bright sky blue, with loopy clouds in shades of white floating here and there.

From Literature

The ceiling of each was painted sky blue.

From Literature

This reddish appearance is the result of a phenomenon called "Rayleigh scattering" which also makes the sky blue and our sunsets red.

From BBC

Grealish's future at City is an issue that has never really gone away since a mixed debut season in sky blue.

From BBC

“Acute Angles” — he says the title references the shape of his nose — features large-scale paintings with a unifying color palette of bright red, sky blue and medium gray, in addition to 30 smaller drawings.

From Los Angeles Times