blue-blackadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌbluːˈblak/, U.S.

/ˈbluˈˌblæk/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and black adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., black adj.

Etymology: < blue adj. + black adj.

A. adj.

Black with a tinge of blue.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > bluish-black

pukish1566

blue-black1626

sloe-black1735

1626 H. Petowe Countrie Ague 11 The Violl of my Fathers anger burst forth, and the blew blacke drops thereof sprinkled on the bodies of my selected Children.

1766 R. Brookes Art of Angling (new ed.) 75 In June and July it [sc. the fly] is blue-black.

1853 Q. Rev. Mar. 309 The coarse blue-black locks of the North American squaw.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. i. 11 Face closely shaven, chin blue-black where the beard was..repressed.

1931 R. P. T. Coffin Portrait Amer. ii. 11 He had the wiriness of a bob-cat and crinkles of wisdom at the corners of his blue-black eyes.

1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 81 71 The Sun set over a blue-black Mediterranean.

2006 Gardens Monthly Apr. 62/2 Producing white blossom in spring, followed by blue-black berries in summer.

B. n.

A pigment of this colour. Also: blue-black colour; a shade or tint of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] > pigment

blackOE

lamp-black1598

charcoal-black1622

ivory-black1634

blue-black1665

bone black1665

Indian ink1665

India ink1700

smoke-black1712

China-ink1782

Frankfort black1823

almond black1835

Spanish black1839

gas black1841

abaiser1849

peach black1852

vine-black1860

carbon black1872

drop-black1879

aspergillin1891

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 78 Blue Black, made of the small coal of Willow, or some other Wood.

1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum II. at Mezzo-tinto Umber, Cologn-earth, and ivory-black, and blue-black when ground, 3 d. an ounce.

1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 338 In the colour-shops a preparation is sold under the name of blue-black.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 416 Blue-Black is the coal of some kind of wood burnt in a close heat.

1857 J. Ruskin Elements Drawing 41 Take cakes of lake, of gamboge, of sepia, of blue-black, of cobalt.

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 324/2 Its face and back show respectively different shades; if the former be a blue-black, the latter will be a jet.

1913 Indianapolis Star 16 Dec. 14/2 (advt.) Lost—or stolen: setter dog, 3 years old, white, heavily picked with blue-black.

1991 Photographer Sept. 44/3 The three numbered bottles contain blue black, selenium and neutral black respectively.

Derivatives

ˌblue-ˈblackness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > bluish black

puke1510

blue-blackness1865

1865 J. Thomas Primroses by River's Brim 31 Blanched grew his father's lips, while 'neath his eyes Spread that blue-blackness, like the dead that lies Unburied long.

1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur ii. iv. 96 A bank of blue-blackness over in the west which they knew to be mountains.

1926 Travel Nov. 60/2 Their wet hair seems to steam blue-blackness.

2000 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 12 Feb. r24 The great dial of the Milky Way turns in the blue-blackness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue-black
释义	blue-blackadj.n. Brit. /ˌbluːˈblak/, U.S. /ˈbluˈˌblæk/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and black adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., black adj. Etymology: < blue adj. + black adj. A. adj. Black with a tinge of blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > bluish-black pukish1566 blue-black1626 sloe-black1735 1626 H. Petowe Countrie Ague 11 The Violl of my Fathers anger burst forth, and the blew blacke drops thereof sprinkled on the bodies of my selected Children. 1766 R. Brookes Art of Angling (new ed.) 75 In June and July it [sc. the fly] is blue-black. 1853 Q. Rev. Mar. 309 The coarse blue-black locks of the North American squaw. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. i. 11 Face closely shaven, chin blue-black where the beard was..repressed. 1931 R. P. T. Coffin Portrait Amer. ii. 11 He had the wiriness of a bob-cat and crinkles of wisdom at the corners of his blue-black eyes. 1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 81 71 The Sun set over a blue-black Mediterranean. 2006 Gardens Monthly Apr. 62/2 Producing white blossom in spring, followed by blue-black berries in summer. B. n. A pigment of this colour. Also: blue-black colour; a shade or tint of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] > pigment blackOE lamp-black1598 charcoal-black1622 ivory-black1634 blue-black1665 bone black1665 Indian ink1665 India ink1700 smoke-black1712 China-ink1782 Frankfort black1823 almond black1835 Spanish black1839 gas black1841 abaiser1849 peach black1852 vine-black1860 carbon black1872 drop-black1879 aspergillin1891 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 78 Blue Black, made of the small coal of Willow, or some other Wood. 1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum II. at Mezzo-tinto Umber, Cologn-earth, and ivory-black, and blue-black when ground, 3 d. an ounce. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 338 In the colour-shops a preparation is sold under the name of blue-black. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 416 Blue-Black is the coal of some kind of wood burnt in a close heat. 1857 J. Ruskin Elements Drawing 41 Take cakes of lake, of gamboge, of sepia, of blue-black, of cobalt. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 324/2 Its face and back show respectively different shades; if the former be a blue-black, the latter will be a jet. 1913 Indianapolis Star 16 Dec. 14/2 (advt.) Lost—or stolen: setter dog, 3 years old, white, heavily picked with blue-black. 1991 Photographer Sept. 44/3 The three numbered bottles contain blue black, selenium and neutral black respectively. Derivatives ˌblue-ˈblackness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > bluish black puke1510 blue-blackness1865 1865 J. Thomas Primroses by River's Brim 31 Blanched grew his father's lips, while 'neath his eyes Spread that blue-blackness, like the dead that lies Unburied long. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur ii. iv. 96 A bank of blue-blackness over in the west which they knew to be mountains. 1926 Travel Nov. 60/2 Their wet hair seems to steam blue-blackness. 2000 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 12 Feb. r24 The great dial of the Milky Way turns in the blue-blackness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1626
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