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ˌpowder-ˈblue, n. and a.
Also powder blue.
[powder n.1 1.]
1. n. Powdered smalt, esp. for use in the laundry.
1656Essex County, Mass. Probate Rec. (1916) I. 233 Mace and Ribing, starch and poudarblu. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4319/3 Out of the Prize, Name unknown, Smalt or Powder-Blue. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece i. ii. 194 Powder-blue, mix'd with the Saffron water, makes a Green. 1789Trans. Soc. Arts I. 15 Great quantities of Smalt imported..are used under the name of Powder blue, in washing linen. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 151 A small quantity of fine powder-blue is sometimes added.
2. adj. Having the deep blue colour of smalt. Now also used of light blue shades.
b. n. A name for this colour.
1894Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 3/3 A gown of powder-blue serge. 1895C. Holland Jap. Wife (ed. 11) 121 A dressing-gown robe of blue linen, with wide sleeves and an obi of powder-blue muslin. 1896Westm. Gaz. 18 Sept. 3/2 That melton cloth boasting a whitish surface that is very happy in powder blue, greens, and dark purples. 1923[see cyclamen c]. 1943A. Christie Moving Finger xi. 130 A skin-tight powder-blue evening dress. 1967New Statesman 28 July 110/3 Their powder-blue berets bob above helmets. 1970Cape Times 28 Oct. 19/2 (Advt.), Rambler Rogue 1970, 12 800 miles, powder blue with black upholstery, executive's car. 1973‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. i. 170 A waxed red hat with a powder-blue band. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 352/1 Just as there are many different shades of blue, for example powder blue,..wedgwood blue and pacific blue, so there are many different nuances of piano tone.
3. attrib. or as adj. Applied spec. to a type of Chinese porcelain of the Ch'ing period having a ground of powder blue. Also as powdered blue.
1900F. Litchfield Pott. & Porc. vii. 114 The date of what is called ‘powdered blue’ china is said to be the Kang-he period (1661–1722). 1906S. W. Bushell Chinese Art II. viii. 36 The finely pounded pigment is blown upon the raw body to produce, when glazed, a ‘powder blue’, or bleu fouetté ground. 1911[see Kang-Hai, Kang-He, Kang-Hi]. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pott. & Porc. 352/2 A powdered-blue ground colour of great depth and richness was introduced at Meissen porcelain factory before 1725. 1965[see K'ang-Hsi]. 1971L. A. Boger Dict. World Pott. & Porc. 270/1 Powder Blue Ware, in Chinese ceramics; porcelain of the Ch'ing period, especially of the K'ang Hsi reign, which is characterized by a beautiful and rather even ground of bright soft blue with a slightly clouded appearance.
4. Comb., as powder-blue-grey adj.
1952S. Spender Learning Laughter 30 Fields and fields of powder-blue-grey cornflowers. |