Copenhagen blue

English

Etymology

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Noun

Copenhagen blue (countable and uncountable, plural Copenhagen blues)

1. A greyish blue colour.

   Copenhagen blue:  

   • 1912, Montague Glass, Elkan Lubliner: American:

     "Well, we got plenty blacks, navy blues, Copenhagen blues and brown in our spring line, Mr. Kamin," Elkan said […]

Adjective

Copenhagen blue (not comparable)

1. Of a greyish blue colour.

Translations

greyish blue — see also blue-gray

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}