Meanings
plural powder blues
- countableuncountableA very pale blue colour.
Near-synonyms: baby blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
2 more examples
Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.
1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88She took the ice, looking very appealing in powder blue with a traily skirt.
1995, Kathryn Ellis, A Stroke of Luck, page 80Synonyms: baby blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
- not comparableOf a very pale blue colour.
Near-synonyms: baby blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
Synonyms: baby blue, sky blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very pale blue colour.
adjectiveOf a very pale blue colour.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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