Wedgwood blue

American  

noun

1. a blue-gray color, especially one characteristic of Wedgwood ceramic ware.

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Wedgwood blue British  

noun

1. 1. a pale blue or greyish-blue colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a Wedgwood-blue door

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Other Word Forms

• Wedgwood-blue
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Wedgwood blue

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

For the international party scene, head to Bar Palladio, set in a former palace’s garden house with a dramatic Wedgwood blue interior and canopied tables in the garden.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2018

The cover, though jazzed up with modernist-style meandering pattern, is mostly a solid, recessive Wedgwood blue.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2013

The Queen is wearing a Wedgwood blue crepe outfit by royal designer Angela Kelly, complemented by a shamrock diamond brooch.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2012

Still, she tried on some 50 ensembles--many of which were white from top to bottom--before deciding on a strapless gown with Wedgwood blue tulle flowers appliqued on an ivory bodice.

From Time Magazine Archive

All that blue--the blue of shining sky married with further Wedgwood blue sea careening in a plaster paris water dish, bounced up as if up from the shadows and made renewed fear inevitable.

From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron