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Examples
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Yet, on the other side of the constellation, Rigel burns a brilliant whitish-blue.
A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010
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Sections of the office's walls look transparent, but actually contain incredibly thin solar panels and as many as 320 light-emitting diodes that release whitish-blue light at night.
Boing Boing: February 26, 2006 - March 4, 2006 Archives 2006
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Their brilliant colour contrasted vividly with the whitish-blue of their antagonists, for the struggle was indisputable.
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Her hair was streaked with gray, her face thin and of an unnatural waxy pallor, her lips of a whitish-blue color and tightly pressed together, and her eyes, seemingly sunken far back in their orbits, burned with a strange, ghastly -- I had almost said phosphorescent -- light.
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The light should come from the side of the stage where the fairies stand, where should be burned a small quantity of the whitish-blue fire.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head
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The whitish-blue fire should be burned in small quantities near the trap door and larger quantities of the same in the ante-rooms, which will reflect on the forms of the performers.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head
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A small quantity of the whitish-blue fire may be burned near the spot where the Goddess appears.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head
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Ammonia gives a whitish-blue precipitate, soluble in excess.
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Incorporate them completely, and when inflamed they will emit a whitish-blue light, accompanied by much smoke.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head
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The light for this tableau can be produced by a whitish-blue fire, burned at either side of the stage; it should be quite brilliant, and must be lighted before the curtain rises.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head
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