blue-black

American  

[bloo-blak] / ˈbluˈblæk /

adjective

1. black with bluish highlights.

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Other Word Forms

• blue-blackness noun

Etymology

Origin of blue-black

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Her clan-tattoos -three fine blue-black bars on her cheekbones -showed clearly on her pale skin, giving her a sharp, mistrustful look.

From Literature

The boar’s tusks were as long as baseball bats and its fur an iridescent blue-black.

From Literature

Mother takes Tía Raquel’s trembling hand and leads everyone to the courtyard, where we can see the stars shining in the blue-black sky.

From Literature

“Plums, the operation is heating up in Baltimore,” she wrote, quickly dipping her pen into the blue-black ink, and I wondered who Plums was.

From Literature

The earth below curved away like the surface of a globe, and the sky above shaded to a spacy blue-black.

From Literature