dark blue

noun

A deep, dim blue colour: navy or similar.

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navynavy blue
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Meanings

noundark blue (countable and uncountable, plural dark blues)

plural dark blues

  1. countableuncountableA deep, dim blue colour: navy or similar.
  2. UKcountableuncountablehobbiesA member of the Oxford rowing team.

    The university did not touch my world directly but you couldn't be a boy in Oxford without supporting the dark blues against the Cambridge light blues, in the boat race […]

    2018, Will Wyatt, Oxford Boy: A Post-War Townie Childhood

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna dark shade of blue

Similar
navynavy blue
Broader
blueblueness
Also see
navynavy blue

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic كحلي
  • كحليa deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Bulgarian тъмносин
  • тъмносин (tămnosin)a deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Finnish tummansininen
  • tummansininena deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
French bleu foncé
  • bleu foncéa deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
German Dunkelblau
  • Dunkelblaua deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Greek σκούρο μπλε
  • σκούρο μπλε (skoúro ble)a deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Hungarian sötétkék
  • sötétkéka deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Japanese 紺
  • 紺 (kon)a deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Latin caeruleus
  • caeruleusa deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Norwegian mørkeblå
  • mørkeblåa deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Persian آبی تیره
  • آبی تیره (âbi-ye tire)a deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Polish ciemnoniebieski, granatowy
  • ciemnoniebieskia deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
  • granatowya deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Russian тёмно-синий
  • тёмно-синий (tjómno-sinij)a deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Spanish azul oscuro
  • azul oscuroa deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Swedish mörkblå, dunkelblå
  • mörkblåa deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
  • dunkelblåa deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Thai ขาบ
  • ขาบ (kàap)a deep, dim blue colour — see also navy, navy blue
Cite this entry
APA

dark blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20blue

MLA

“dark blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20blue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dark blue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20blue.

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