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sky-blue

sky-blue

1 1.8
A light blue like the clear sky on a sunny day
  • noun
  • /skaɪ blu/
translation icon : celeste
  • Obama said it was dark blue when it was clearly sky blue.
  • sky-blue eyes
  • sky-blue flowers
  • sky-blue shirt

It comes in a new color, sky blue, and that's it.

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Examples

  • White sand, beautiful, sky-blue seas.

  • Here we have it, and this is the new sky blue option.

  • This is the color sky blue, and it's just a huge refresh for the iPad airline across the board.

  • It comes in a new color, sky blue, and that's it.

  • Against the gold-brown desert, its shape became visible: a sky-blue dragon, smaller than the first, with eyes like clouds.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Two sky-blue tapers burn driplessly next to wildflowers I brought back from the farm a few weeks ago.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "It makes a nice change of scene," she said, tying a sky-blue chiffon scarf over her curls.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Allegra, in a sky-blue brocade dress with golden trimming, cried under the wedding canopy.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Flocks of small, sky-blue butterflies began to appear, hugging the ground and scattering around my legs as I walked.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The sky-blue paint on the walls brightens up the entire room.

Synonyms

blue
vssky-blue
22 1.0

The sky you see during the day

refers to the color similar to that sky, not the sky itself
light-blue
vssky-blue
16 1.0

A pale shade of blue like the sky on a clear day

is specifically the light color that resembles a clear daytime sky
azure
vssky-blue
12 4.9

A bright blue color like a clear sky

is paler and softer than this brighter, more intense sky blue
cerulean
vssky-blue
3 8.8

A deep blue color like a clear bright sky

is limited to the lighter daytime sky tone rather than deeper blues
powder blue
vssky-blue
2 3.7

A pale blue color with a slight grey tint

is the light sky tone without the greyish, muted appearance
cornflower blue
vssky-blue
1 4.0

A light blue like a cornflower with little green

is paler and lacks the greenish hint that this color contains
celeste
vssky-blue
6.8

A pale blue color like a clear sky

is a light shade resembling the same clear daytime sky color
lazuline
vssky-blue
9.9

A light blue color like a clear morning sky

is the term that stresses resemblance to a clear daytime sky
azurine
vssky-blue
8.6

Having a bright sky-blue color like a clear sky

is a lighter, softer daytime sky shade rather than a bright intense blue

Antonyms

16 1.0

A deep, rich blue color darker than normal blue

How Blue

navy blue
15 1.0
azure
12 4.9
sky-blue
1 1.8
pale blue
14 1.0

Surface Forms

sky-blue singular
sky-blues plural

Morphology

sky-blue = sky + blue (transparent) = sky + blue

A direct colour compound 'sky' + 'blue' describing a light blue shade; meaning is guessable from components.

Etymology

Sky-blue comes from joining sky and blue, and it simply names the pale blue you see in a clear daytime sky. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a calm, bright sky, because the noun means that light blue color.