bright blue
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- adjective
- /braɪt blu/
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- Eyedrops kept the bright blue of her eyes sparkling like shattered glass.
- bright blue eyes
- bright blue sky
- bright blue shirt
And it was this amazing moment with a bright blue sky.
- And it was this amazing moment with a bright blue sky.
- And these lunchtime cookies are this bright blue colour.
- Now on my left hand I wear this gorgeous silver ring with a bright blue gem.
- The perfect situation would be to have both, because then you would truly have it all in the form of two bright blue Audi wagons.
- I want like a normal lens and then like bold pink frame or bright blue, like that blue color you guys have been seeing me wear a lot this year.
- There was like bright red, bright blue, yellow, just like really not my colors at all.
Examples
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Her colors were always the same: splashes of bright blue and yellow with touches of red.
Fiction book (1999) -
The desolate surrounding landscape, a bright blue sky, the scrubbrush.
Fiction book (1993) -
And it was this amazing moment with a bright blue sky.
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The sky was bright blue that afternoon, but a few stars could be seen by 2:00.
Fiction book (1993) -
Finny was turning around, the bright blue water a moving mirror at her feet.
Fiction book (1999) -
Physically, he was small yet handsome, with his mother's dark hair and bright blue eyes.
Fiction book (1999) -
As they jostled down the hall, a girl with reddish hair and bright blue eyes smiled at her.
Fiction book (2001) -
Their soaring fires blaze against a background of bright blue sky with fragments of resplendent.
Fiction book (2001) -
And it was bright blue, and it was embellished with sequins, and it stopped just above the knee, and it was impossibly chic.
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On a clear day, the sky was a stunning bright blue that lifted everyone's spirits.
Synonyms
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3.1
A deep blue color with a purple tint
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8.1
Deep blue like a clear bright sky
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Deep blue with a little purple like a clear autumn sky
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3.3
A blue color with a little purple in it
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5.8
A deep bright blue like a clear sky
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4.0
Having a deep rich blue color like a jewel
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Having a deep purplish-blue color between blue and purple
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A blue color with a little purple in it
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3.9
A blue color with a purple tint
Having a bright sky-blue color like a clear sky
A blue color with a little purple in it
A purple color with a little blue mixed in
Purple with a touch of blue
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'bright' (vivid/intense) modifies 'blue' (the color), yielding a vivid or saturated blue that a learner who knows both words can infer. This adjective+color pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English modification rules, so the phrase is immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bright blue gives a clear image: bright means strong or shining and blue is the color of the sky, so you picture a deep, vivid blue that stands out. So, bright blue means 'a vivid, deep blue color', like a clear autumn sky.