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silvery-blue

silvery-blue

1 3.9
A light shiny blue color that looks like silver
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪlvəri blu/
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  • The couch was a deep Navy blue with a matching armchair that had light silvery blue swirls all over it.
  • silvery-blue eyes

It's that really like silvery blue shade, like very Cinderella dress kind of shade.

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Examples

  • The sky outside was a bright silvery-blue at sunset.

  • The lake reflected a silvery-blue color, sparkling under the midday sun.

  • It's that really like silvery blue shade, like very Cinderella dress kind of shade.

  • But they just are so puffy and soft and that silvery blue-green like kind of bicolor look is so gorgeous.

  • I turn out the light, go to the living room, slide the window curtain to one side, and stare out: the front yard masked in a silvery-blue sheen.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • They were a silvery-blue, the color of the skim milk carton Elspeth had tipped into the creamer for their tea.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Her dress shimmered with a silvery-blue hue that caught everyone's attention.

Synonyms

silver-blue
vssilvery-blue
1 3.4

A light shiny blue color like the paint on a car

is the same color but written in an alternate form

Antonyms

31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

16 1.0

A deep, rich blue color darker than normal blue

How Silvery

silvery-blue
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matte
  • US
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Surface Forms

silvery-blue positive

Morphology

silvery-blue = silvery + blue (transparent) = silver + blue + y

A straightforward compound of 'silvery' and 'blue': the meaning is directly a blue colour with a silvery sheen.

Etymology

Silvery-blue joins silver, the shiny grey metal, and blue, so it names a light blue that looks 'shiny' like silver.