dark blue
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- noun
- /dɑrk blu/
:
azul oscuro
- The room was painted in a rich shade of dark blue, making it feel cozy and inviting.
- a dark blue suit
- wear dark blue
Oh, I guess that's a very dark blue.
- Oh, I guess that's a very dark blue.
- Dark mode has swept over the Internet like a dark grey tidal wave with hints of dark blue.
Examples
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There was a police car and a dark blue Chevrolet van.
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I could see you looking very handsome and successful in a dark blue, flannel suit.
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Vehicle is a dark blue van...
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'You wore a dark blue dress.'
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The next day, Sam meets me at the store wearing a dark blue suit.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lane was standing over the sink, wearing a new dark blue dressing gown.
Fiction book (1991) -
"There is no doubt," she writes, "that the dark blue suit will be useful as everyday attire later on."
Academic text (1999) -
At the corner of Fifth and Capitol, a dark blue Oldsmobile was stopped at the curb.
Fiction book (1992) -
There he was, clean and polished, in a dark blue suit, color-balanced burgundy tie, and a white shirt.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Hmong people wear dark blue blouses and loose pants or skirts.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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A dark blue color like the uniform worn by sailors
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A very dark blue color like a sailor's uniform
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Having a deep blue color
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A deep blue color with a purple tint
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A dark blue color with a little green that artists use for painting
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Having a deep purplish-blue color between blue and purple
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
Literally, 'dark blue' is transparently a darker/intensified shade of blue, so the notion of greater 'blueness' can plausibly extend to a stronger affiliation. However, the political meaning relies on the cultural convention that 'blue' = the Democratic Party in the US, which is not derivable from the constituent words alone and may be unknown to many B1 learners, so the relation is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Dark blue comes from the words dark and blue, giving a picture like the sky after sunset or the deep sea. So it means 'a deep and rich shade of blue'.