navy blue

noun

A dark blue color.

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navydark blue
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Meanings

nounnavy blue (countable and uncountable, plural navy blues)

plural navy blues

  1. countableuncountableA dark blue color.

    Synonyms: navy

adjectivenavy blue (comparative more navy blue, superlative most navy blue)

comparative more navy blue · superlative most navy blue

  1. Having a navy blue color.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dark blue color.

Similar
navy

More synonyms by meaning

nouna dark shade of blue

Similar
dark bluenavy
Broader
blueblueness
Also see
dark bluenavy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

So called because it was the color of the British naval uniform.

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Translations

Afrikaans donkerblou
  • donkerbloua dark blue color
Arabic كُحْلِيّ
  • كُحْلِيّ (kuḥliyy)a dark blue color
Catalan blau marí
  • blau maría dark blue color
Chinese Mandarin 藏青
  • 藏青 (Zàngqīng)a dark blue color
Danish marineblå
  • marineblåa dark blue color
Dutch marineblauw
  • marineblauwa dark blue color
Finnish laivastonsininen
  • laivastonsininena dark blue color
French bleu marine
  • bleu marinea dark blue color
German Marineblau
  • Marineblaua dark blue color
Greek σκούρο μπλε
  • σκούρο μπλε (skoúro ble)a dark blue color
Hungarian tengerészkék
  • tengerészkéka dark blue color
Indonesian biru laut
  • biru lauta dark blue color
Irish dúghorm
  • dúghorma dark blue color
Japanese ネイビーブルー, ネイビー
  • ネイビーブルー (neibī burū)a dark blue color
  • ネイビー (neibī)a dark blue color
  • 濃紺 (nōkon)a dark blue color
Korean 네이비 블루
  • 네이비 블루 (neibi beullu)a dark blue color
Malay biru laut
  • biru lauta dark blue color
Māori purū pōuri
  • purū pōuria dark blue color
Norwegian Bokmål marineblå
  • marineblåa dark blue color
Polish granat
  • granata dark blue color
Portuguese naval
  • navala dark blue color
Romanian bleumarin
  • bleumarina dark blue color
Russian си́ний
  • си́ний (sínij)a dark blue color
Spanish azul marino
  • azul marinoa dark blue color
Swedish marinblått
  • marinblåtta dark blue color
Tagalog bughaw hukbong dagat
  • bughaw hukbong dagata dark blue color
Thai กรมท่า
  • กรมท่า (grom-má-tâa)a dark blue color
Turkish lacivert
  • laciverta dark blue color
Vietnamese màu xanh nước biển
  • màu xanh nước biểna dark blue color
Welsh glas tywyll
  • glas tywylla dark blue color
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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