electric blue

noun

1. a vivid, light-to-moderate blue color.

electric blue

noun

1. 1. a strong metallic blue colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      an electric-blue evening dress

Word History and Origins

Origin of electric blue¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Prince Edward was there with his wife Sophie, who wore an electric blue suit and a peacock feather hat.

From The Daily Beast

Her onscreen costume was a curiously intimate range of electric-blue mohair sweaters.

From The Daily Beast

Eight o'clock saw Miss Warrender in a charming toilette of electric blue.

From Project Gutenberg

At every moment this blackness was brightened by puffs of electric blue, extraordinarily vivid, as shells burst in the air.

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For a full minute she was silent, then her eyes came up and gave it back to me with their electric blue.

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We shall now see how the electric-blue dress will become you.

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I suppose we might buy some plush furniture; but I don't know as I'd care for electric blue.

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