colonial blue

noun

A grayish medium blue color.

Meanings

nouncolonial blue (countable and uncountable, plural colonial blues)

plural colonial blues

  1. countableuncountableA grayish medium blue color.

    Today, they are restored homes, handsome buildings painted in crisp whites or colonial blues or reds with neatly trimmed yards.

    2005, Craig Thompson Friend, Along the Maysville Road, page 1
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