powder blue

English

Noun

powder blue (countable and uncountable, plural powder blues)

1. A very pale blue colour.

   powder blue:  

   • 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

• (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)}