powder blue

English

Noun

powder blue (countable and uncountable, plural powder blues)

  1. A very pale blue colour.
    powder blue:  
    • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88:
      Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.
    • 1995, Kathryn Ellis, A Stroke of Luck, page 80:
      She took the ice, looking very appealing in powder blue with a traily skirt.

Adjective

powder blue (not comparable)

  1. Of a very pale blue colour.

See also

bluesedit
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