slate blue

noun

1. a moderate to dark grayish blue.

Other Words From

• slate-blue adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slate blue¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

A petrel it is, about the size of a house pigeon, and of a slate-blue colour.

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Above it pulsed and banded a tumult of smoke gray clouds; the eastern horizon was a slate blue, rapidly darkening.

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It reaches a length of three or four feet, and is of a slate-blue colour above and very pale yellow below.

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The male is of a slate-blue, and has a broad black band across the tail.

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His trousers were striped and of a slate blue colour—the "blue pants" of the ready-made clothing stores.

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