peacock blue
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- noun
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- The walls of the living room were painted a stunning shade of peacock blue, giving it a vibrant atmosphere.
Examples
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The popular color is peacock blue.
Blog text (31) -
Lyle's favorite color is peacock blue, so I'm the contrast. "How have you been?"
Fiction book (2000) -
The palette had it had like a Peacock blue, an olive green, a black, and then I think like a champagne color.
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It was written in the same peacock blue ink, with the same fountain pen, that Nick used for his class notes.
Fiction book (1991) -
Cobalt blue, true blue, baby blue, bright blue, Daigo blue, Prussian blue, Peacock blue, and periwinkle.
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She wore a beautiful peacock blue dress that reminded everyone of the feathers of a majestic bird.
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The artist chose peacock blue as the dominant color in her painting, creating a striking visual effect.
Synonyms
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A green-blue color like the water in a tropical sea
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A color that is a mix of blue and green
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Of a blue-green color like a duck's feathers
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A blue color with a little green in it
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A color that is a mix of blue and green
A bright greenish-blue color like a peacock's feathers
A blue-green color like fresh pine leaves
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'peacock' (the bird with distinctive feathers) and 'blue' (the color): the noun specifies a blue that resembles a peacock's plumage. This descriptive, compositional adjective–noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English color-naming logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Peacock blue comes from the bright feathers of the peacock bird, which show a shining blue with greenish parts. That's why peacock blue means 'a bright blue with a green tint'.