bleu-de-roi

  

bleu-de-roi

[French blœduh-rwa]
noun
the bright enamel blue color characteristic of Sèvres ware.
Also called bleu roy·al [French blœ rwa-yal; English bloo roi-uhl, roi-al] .

Origin:
1840–50; < French: literally, king's blue

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