sky blue

noun

1. the color of the unclouded sky in daytime; azure.

sky blue

noun

1. 1. a light or pale blue colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      a sky-blue jumper

Other Words From

• sky-blue adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sky blue¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Both play within a relatively constrained color palette rich in sepia yellow, with strategic daubs of sky blue and red.

From The Daily Beast

It is a practical necessity with political support that transcends party lines, even in sky-blue California.

From The Daily Beast

In keeping with the period, Mason wrote the novel by hand, in an oversize hand-stitched leatherbound notebook bound in sky blue.

From The Daily Beast

The Republican Party seems to have been brained by a heavy cloud followed by an equally heavy sky-blue shape.

From The Daily Beast

Malarial parasites stain characteristically: the cytoplasm, sky-blue; the chromatin, reddish-purple.

From Project Gutenberg

She was enveloped in a sky-blue satin gown, or rather, sort of blouse, ornamented all round with two rows of rich black blond.

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The exterior walls are made of imitation malachite; the roof is a sky-blue cupola spangled with gilt stars.

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They all looked downward and found a sky-blue rabbit had stuck his head out of a burrow in the ground.

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Thus with a Dun hackle, use yellow silk; a black hackle, sky blue; a brown or red hackle, red or dark orange do.

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