blue-violet
- adjective
- /bluːˈvaɪəlɪt/
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azul-violeta
- The guest room is painted in a soothing blue-violet, which creates a calming atmosphere.
- blue-violet flowers
- blue-violet color
Examples
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Her dress was a stunning blue-violet that stood out beautifully against the warm tones of the garden.
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At the cool end of the spectrum (green, blue violet) were "retiring colors" suggesting "rest, ease, coolness" (143).
Academic text (1998) -
The sky and the ocean were airing a quilt of deep blue violet with yellow calico stars, the delectable mountain pattern that covered her bed when she was a child.
Fiction book (1993) -
And there's always the possibility of using split complementaries, which means pulling in colors that are on either side of a complementary color on the color wheel, like red-violet (I love this one!) or blue-violet.
Blog text (1) -
The artist chose a blue-violet shade for the sunset in her painting, blending perfectly with the orange hues.
Synonyms
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3.8
A deep blue-violet color between blue and purple
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3.3
A blue color with a little purple in it
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3.9
A blue color with a purple tint
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3.0
A blue color with a little purple in it
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2.8
A blue color with a little purple
A violet color with a little blue
Purple with a touch of blue
A purple color with a little blue mixed in
A light purple color with a touch of blue
A pale purple color with a little blue in it
A blue color with a little purple in it
A pale blue colour with a little purple
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blue-violet combines blue and violet, the name of the small purple flower, so it is easy to picture; it describes a color that is 'between' blue and violet in the spectrum.