Meanings
comparative more blue-green · superlative most blue-green
- Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.
The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper.
2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 44Synonyms: green-blue, turquoise, aquamarine
plural blue-greens
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of blue green.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.
adjectiveSynonym of ecocapitalist; concerning ecocapitalism.
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Origin
From blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek γλαυκός
- γλαυκός (glaukós)color between blue and green
Catalan blauverd
- blauverdcolor between blue and green
Czech zelenomodrý
- zelenomodrýcolor between blue and green
Esperanto bluverda, glaŭka
- bluverdacolor between blue and green
- glaŭkacolor between blue and green
Finnish sinivihreä
- sinivihreäcolor between blue and green
French bleu-vert
- bleu-vertcolor between blue and green
German blaugrün
- blaugrüncolor between blue and green
Italian blu-verde, bluverde
- blu-verdecolor between blue and green
- bluverdecolor between blue and green
Japanese 青緑, 碧
- 青緑 (aomidori)color between blue and green
- 碧 (aomidori)color between blue and green
Latin venetus
- venetuscolor between blue and green
Polish kolor niebieskozielony
- kolor niebieskozielonycolor between blue and green
Portuguese verde-água
- verde-águacolor between blue and green
Scottish Gaelic gorm
- gormcolor between blue and green
Cite this entry
blue-green. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-green
“blue-green.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-green. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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