silver-blue
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- adjective
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azul plateado
- The woman was naked except for silver-blue stockings running up her long legs.
- silver-blue eyes
Examples
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It was miraculously silver-blue and green, the same colors as the winking hot gulf.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's kind of like a light shimmery silver blue and then like a blue black with some sparkle.
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The silver-blue ribbon of water was coming at her unbelievably fast.
Fiction book (1995) -
The silver-blue nimbus of sea mist had finally burned off.
Fiction book (1995) -
I couldn't guess how fast we were going when we broadsided a silver-blue minivan.
Fiction book (1995) -
She crossed the greenhouse in the silver-blue moonlight and slid the door open, saw Rachel in her narrow bed, propped up with pillows, a book open in her lap, an oil light burning on the table.
Fiction book (1990) -
The wall was painted a soft silver-blue, creating a calming atmosphere in the room.
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Her dress was a lovely silver-blue, shimmering in the sunlight as she walked.
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The artist used a silver-blue paint to depict the sky at dusk, adding depth to the landscape.
Synonyms
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A pale blue color with a slight grey tint
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A color that is mainly blue with some gray
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A light shiny blue color that looks like silver
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Having a slight blue color
Slightly blue in color like a pale sky
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word silver-blue comes from the two simple words silver ('a shiny, grey metal') and blue ('the color blue'), so picture a blue that looks bright and shiny like a piece of silver or moonlight on water. That's why silver-blue means a light, shiny blue color.