blue-green
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- adjective
- /bluːˈɡriːn/
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azul verdoso
- The ocean sparkled in a stunning blue-green hue as the sun set on the horizon.
It's a pullover and it just says the word niche in like a mint Aqua blue-green.
- It's a pullover and it just says the word niche in like a mint Aqua blue-green.
- We are back in the blue-green and yellow platforms.
- I'm still using serums from Michael Todd and the blue-green algae toner.
Examples
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Tall pines, their long-needled sprouts blanketing the forest in a soft, blue-green hue, waved from the slopes above them.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sage-rich hillsides appeared fertile for once; the blue-green leaves had renewed themselves with the sun's wealth.
Fiction book (1992) -
A hurt look came into the shallow seas of his small blue-green eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Behind him, a young woman sprawled on the blue-green grass of May, taking the sun.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sun came back out, the ocean turned blue-green again, and the road surfaces steamed.
Fiction book (1990) -
The grass stood deep, a lush blue-green, and wildflowers grew among it of a kind Grace had never seen.
Fiction book (1995) -
A delicate network of blue-green veins crisscrosses the soft underpart of her arms.
Fiction book (1993) -
The princess stared at the blue-green water swirling past the hull and nodded.
Fiction book (1992) -
She painted her bedroom walls a calming blue-green to create a tranquil atmosphere.
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The blue-green leaves of the tropical plant added a splash of color to the garden.
Synonyms
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Of a blue-green color like a duck's feathers
A blue-green color like fresh pine leaves
A blue-green color like the sea
A color that looks green or blue in different light
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blue-green is made from the simple color words blue and green, so it means a color that is 'between' those two; think of sea water that is not fully blue or fully green to remember the shade.