blue-black
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- adjective
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negro azulado
- A smiling woman with smooth brown skin and blue-black hair opened the door.
- blue-black hair
- blue-black sky
- blue-black skin
I actually have a nice dark blue black one right here.
- I actually have a nice dark blue black one right here.
- Your eyes through the beautiful dusk, through the beautiful blue black hair of dusk, through her beautiful parted hair, Your eyes kissing mine.
Examples
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Wind-ravaged and worn, the blue-black rock loomed, massive in the darkening night.
Fiction book (1990) -
The white of his T-shirt stood out starkly against the blue-black tattoos on his arms.
Fiction book (1998) -
I actually have a nice dark blue black one right here.
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The Black Hills off to the left were already blue-black against the sky.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the distance, a dark wall of pine rises into the crisp, blue-black night.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her hair would shine blue-black in the sun, tumbling down over her smooth shoulders.
Fiction book (1990) -
The rock was blue-black in its heaviness; no roots would ever pierce its unyielding bulk.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sighing, Casimir looked up to see Harkon Lukas towering in dark silhouette against the blue-black sky.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Black Hills off to the left were already blue-black against the sky.
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In the distance, a dark wall of pine rises into the crisp, blue-black night.
Synonyms
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A very dark color like black with a slight hint of blue
Having a dark blue-grey colour like a stormy sky
Very dark black with a slight bluish grey tint
Antonyms
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blue-black is a simple compound of blue and black, like mixing those two paints to get a very dark color that shows a cool blue shine. So, blue-black means 'black with a hint of blue', like shiny bird feathers or a coat that looks black but flashes blue in the light.