sky blue

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noun
  1. the color of the unclouded sky in daytime; azure.

Origin of sky blue

1
First recorded in 1720–30

Other words from sky blue

  • sky-blue, adjective

Words Nearby sky blue

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How to use sky blue in a sentence

  • She was enveloped in a sky-blue satin gown, or rather, sort of blouse, ornamented all round with two rows of rich black blond.

  • The exterior walls are made of imitation malachite; the roof is a sky-blue cupola spangled with gilt stars.

    Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
  • They all looked downward and found a sky-blue rabbit had stuck his head out of a burrow in the ground.

    The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank Baum
  • Thus with a Dun hackle, use yellow silk; a black hackle, sky blue; a brown or red hackle, red or dark orange do.

    The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland

British Dictionary definitions for sky blue

sky blue

noun
    • a light or pale blue colour

    • (as adjective): a sky-blue jumper

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