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powder blue

noun

  1. a pale blue diluted with gray.


powder blue

noun

    1. a dusty pale blue colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      a powder-blue coat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • powder-blue adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of powder blue1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

To a landlocked elementary schooler, the color of the ocean is the innocuous powder blue of a laminated classroom wall map.

They, too, were excited for the start of the season, clad in their powder blue uniforms, hopeful about their chances.

Inside the wax floored examining room, I sat up on the powder blue table with my shirt off.

A powder-blue blazer with a patch reading “All-Time All-American” hung in a clear plastic bag from the closet doorknob.

Ryan—neatly dressed in a navy suit and powder blue striped tie–dismissed the notion of a civil war within the Republican Party.

His tiny body is shown being held by tearful family members, then alone in powder blue satin coffin.

He was tall with sun-bleached hair and a sweet American boy face, in a powder-blue short-sleeve shirt and navy shorts.

Powder-blue, mix'd with the saffron-water, makes a green; for blue, mix some dry powder-blue with some water.

He went in and leaned against the powder blue refrigerator while she soaked the dishes.

If you wish to have it colored, stir in a few grains of cochineal powder, or a little powder blue.

If you wish to color the cream, stir in a little cochineal powder, saffron or powder blue, before you freeze it.

The girl appeared at the door of the bedroom, wrapping a powder-blue negligee around her.

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