saxe blue

English

Etymology

From French Saxe (“Saxony”) (from German), where a dye of this color originated.

Noun

saxe blue (countable and uncountable, plural saxe blues)

1. A light blue color, with a tint of grey.

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Adjective

saxe blue (not comparable)

1. Of a light blue color, with a tint of grey

Coordinate terms

bluesedit

• Alice blue
• aqua
• aquamarine
• azure
• baby blue
• beryl
• bice
• bice blue
• blueberry
• blue green
• blue violet
• 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
• sky blue
• slate blue
• teal
• turquoise
• ultramarine
• Wedgwood blue
• zaffre

Translations

colour

• French: sans pareille de Saxe
• German: sächsische Blau
• Japanese: サックス (ja) (sakkusu), サックスブルー (sakkusu burū)

See also

• Saxon blue