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blue-white

blue-white

3 3.4
White with a light blue tint
  • adjective
  • /bluː waɪt/
translation icon : azul-blanco
  • The blue-white light from up ahead becomes blinding as the Dodec erupts into space.
  • blue-white light
  • blue-white star
  • blue-white glow

Examples

  • A local group of stars, the brightest of which is a point of hot, blue-white light... VEGA

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Flowers bloomed in unexpected spots: scarlet peonies and blue-white forget-me-nots.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The sky was clear and blue-white, the color of stretched balloons.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Brilliant Earth hangs just over the horizon, a tiny dazzling blue-white.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • At the point of impact, there was a momentary sparkle of blue-white light, fading quickly to darkness.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Beside the girl lay a shattered vase and a spray of blue-white forget-me-nots.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • A series of interlocking floodlights bathed the area in a blue-white glare.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • A pale half moon had risen, spreading a blue-white light across the surface of the lake.

  • The candle burst into flame, filling the barn with blue-white light and sharp black shadows.

  • In a landscape painted for millennia in the blue-white hues of cold, winter is never far away.

Synonyms

bluish-white
vsblue-white
1 2.5

White that looks a little blue

is the hyphenated alternative naming the same pale bluish color
cool-white
vsblue-white
  • Specialized
1 4.9

White light or paint with a slight blue tint that looks cold

is the basic color description without stressing the cooler appearance

How Blue

sky-blue
1 1.8
pale blue
14 1.0
blue-white
3 3.4
white
1.0

Surface Forms

blue-white positive
blue-whiter comparative
blue-whitest superlative

Morphology

blue-white = blue + white (transparent) = blue + white

A straightforward hyphenated compound of two colour adjectives; meaning is directly derivable as 'white with a hint of blue'.

Etymology

Blue-white is simply a combination of blue and white and means 'white with a slight tinge of blue', like the pale, cool shade you get when you mix a little blue paint into white.