Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A moderate to pale blue or purplish blue.
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- noun A very pale
blue colour. - adjective Of a very pale
blue colour.
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- noun a pale blue color with grey in it
- adjective of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the color of powdered smalt.]
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treeseed commented on the word powder blue
Powder blue may refer to two different colors. Originally, it referred to a dark blue color, but it has since come to refer to a pale blue color (perhaps resulting from confusion over the word's origin), possibly because the name reminded people of baby powder and so people thought of it as a color similar to baby blue. The original color is now called dark powder blue.
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February 11, 2008
treeseed commented on the word powder blue
Can you imagine? In 1962 my mother bought me a pair of powder blue patent leather flats to wear for Easter, along with a powder blue dress and a skimmer
with a powder blue ribbon hatband and streamers.
February 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word powder blue
That's a lot of powder.
August 13, 2008