water bluen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌwɔːtə ˈbluː/, U.S.

/ˌwɔdər ˈblu/,

/ˌwɑdər ˈblu/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., blue n.

Etymology: < water n. + blue n. Compare Dutch waterblauw (17th cent.) and German wasserblau (16th cent.), both adjectives.

A. n.

1. A pale shade of blue.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues

blue-green1659

water blue1723

king's blue1778

garter-blue1792

smalt-blue1794

pencil blue1815

stone-bluea1855

azuline1864

night-blue1868

canard1872

Labrador blue1873

electric1882

chasseur-blue1900

cornflower1907

petrol blue1913

larkspur1927

petrol1927

flow-blue1961

1723 J. Dart Westmonasterium I. ii. iii. 61 In the Window South of this..is a Painting of one of our Kings, but the Colours being of a Water-blue, no particular Face can be assign'd.

1783 Morning Post 25 Jan. The ribbon worn by the Sovereign, &c. to be a water-blue.

1885 Truth 14 May 779/2 Pale water-blue goes beautifully..with these shades of beige.

1895 Table Talk Aug. 267/1 The invitation should be upon an isinglass card, the lettering in a delicate water-blue.

1933 Washington Post 30 Apr. 8/4 The debutante prefers a delicate water blue, or an apple blossom pink.

2002 M. Collins Resurrectionists viii. 89 Her eyes still gleamed a pale water blue.

2. Any of various dyes (in later use chiefly aniline dyes) imparting a blue colour.

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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > types of dyes

pallOE

sanders1329

raddlea1350

nutgallc1450

bark1565

logwood1581

sanders-wood1615

catechu1682

cate1698

cachou1708

valonia1722

India wood1742

cutch1759

alizari1769

standard1808

iron buff1836

colorine1838

acid dye1840

garancin1843

French tub1846

suranji1848

morindin1849

water blue1851

union dye1852

indigo-carmine1855

hernant1858

pigment colour1862

rosaniline1862

rose aniline1862

bezetta1863

bottom1863

acid colour1873

paraphenylenediamine1873

indigo-extract1874

tin-pulp1874

phthalein1875

sightening1875

chrome1876

rose bengal1878

azo-colours1879

azine1887

basic dye1892

chromotrope1893

garance1896

ice colour1896

xylochrome1898

cross-dye1901

indanthrene1901

Lithol1903

vat dye1903

thioindigo1906

para red1907

vat colour1912

vat dyestuff1914

indanthrone1920

ionamine1922

Soledon1924

Solochrome1924

Solacet1938

indigoid1939

thioindigoid1943

fluorol1956

Procion1956

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1142/2 Duura (Van) & Versteeven, Rotterdam... Prussian blue. Mineral blue... Water blue.

1872 Eng. Mechanic 6 Dec. 295/1 I have seen a good fruit blue coloured by using Chinese paste blue and water blue (an aniline colour) in the proportion of 1lb. of the former to 1oz. of the latter.

1952 K. Venkataraman Chem. Synthetic Dyes II. xxiii. 723 Sulphonic acids of phenylated Rosanilines, which are old dyes (Nicholson Blue, Soluble Blue, Water Blue, Alkali Blue; CI 703–707) continue to be extensively used.

1996 P. Cudlín et al. in K. G. Mukerji Concepts Mycorrhizal Res. 308 Cotton blue belongs to the class of blue aniline dyes which are certified by the color index C.I. 42755 or 42780 (other examples being aniline blue and water blue).

B. adj.

Designating a pale shade of blue; of or having this colour.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > other blues

mourning1709

Prussian blue1753

water blue1851

beryl-blue1881

Wedgwood1900

scale-blue1906

Nattier blue1912

whale-blue1946

1851 Madison (Indiana) Daily Tribune 27 May (advt.) The label..is printed on fine paper, of a delicate water-blue color, with bronze colored ink.

1893 Stone Sept. 356 The variety [of marble] from the Ravaccione quarries is faintly water-blue.

1908 H. Farjeon in Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 452 When the Spring is a water-blue morning, And the sky is a water-blue bowl.

2003 D. Wood Alphabet Light & Dark 33 A young man with shallow water-blue eyes and a blue smudge of pool-cue chalk on his cheek.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water blue
释义	water bluen.adj. Brit. /ˌwɔːtə ˈbluː/, U.S. /ˌwɔdər ˈblu/, /ˌwɑdər ˈblu/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., blue n. Etymology: < water n. + blue n. Compare Dutch waterblauw (17th cent.) and German wasserblau (16th cent.), both adjectives. A. n. 1. A pale shade of blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues blue-green1659 water blue1723 king's blue1778 garter-blue1792 smalt-blue1794 pencil blue1815 stone-bluea1855 azuline1864 night-blue1868 canard1872 Labrador blue1873 electric1882 chasseur-blue1900 cornflower1907 petrol blue1913 larkspur1927 petrol1927 flow-blue1961 1723 J. Dart Westmonasterium I. ii. iii. 61 In the Window South of this..is a Painting of one of our Kings, but the Colours being of a Water-blue, no particular Face can be assign'd. 1783 Morning Post 25 Jan. The ribbon worn by the Sovereign, &c. to be a water-blue. 1885 Truth 14 May 779/2 Pale water-blue goes beautifully..with these shades of beige. 1895 Table Talk Aug. 267/1 The invitation should be upon an isinglass card, the lettering in a delicate water-blue. 1933 Washington Post 30 Apr. 8/4 The debutante prefers a delicate water blue, or an apple blossom pink. 2002 M. Collins Resurrectionists viii. 89 Her eyes still gleamed a pale water blue. 2. Any of various dyes (in later use chiefly aniline dyes) imparting a blue colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > types of dyes pallOE sanders1329 raddlea1350 nutgallc1450 bark1565 logwood1581 sanders-wood1615 catechu1682 cate1698 cachou1708 valonia1722 India wood1742 cutch1759 alizari1769 standard1808 iron buff1836 colorine1838 acid dye1840 garancin1843 French tub1846 suranji1848 morindin1849 water blue1851 union dye1852 indigo-carmine1855 hernant1858 pigment colour1862 rosaniline1862 rose aniline1862 bezetta1863 bottom1863 acid colour1873 paraphenylenediamine1873 indigo-extract1874 tin-pulp1874 phthalein1875 sightening1875 chrome1876 rose bengal1878 azo-colours1879 azine1887 basic dye1892 chromotrope1893 garance1896 ice colour1896 xylochrome1898 cross-dye1901 indanthrene1901 Lithol1903 vat dye1903 thioindigo1906 para red1907 vat colour1912 vat dyestuff1914 indanthrone1920 ionamine1922 Soledon1924 Solochrome1924 Solacet1938 indigoid1939 thioindigoid1943 fluorol1956 Procion1956 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1142/2 Duura (Van) & Versteeven, Rotterdam... Prussian blue. Mineral blue... Water blue. 1872 Eng. Mechanic 6 Dec. 295/1 I have seen a good fruit blue coloured by using Chinese paste blue and water blue (an aniline colour) in the proportion of 1lb. of the former to 1oz. of the latter. 1952 K. Venkataraman Chem. Synthetic Dyes II. xxiii. 723 Sulphonic acids of phenylated Rosanilines, which are old dyes (Nicholson Blue, Soluble Blue, Water Blue, Alkali Blue; CI 703–707) continue to be extensively used. 1996 P. Cudlín et al. in K. G. Mukerji Concepts Mycorrhizal Res. 308 Cotton blue belongs to the class of blue aniline dyes which are certified by the color index C.I. 42755 or 42780 (other examples being aniline blue and water blue). B. adj. Designating a pale shade of blue; of or having this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > other blues mourning1709 Prussian blue1753 water blue1851 beryl-blue1881 Wedgwood1900 scale-blue1906 Nattier blue1912 whale-blue1946 1851 Madison (Indiana) Daily Tribune 27 May (advt.) The label..is printed on fine paper, of a delicate water-blue color, with bronze colored ink. 1893 Stone Sept. 356 The variety [of marble] from the Ravaccione quarries is faintly water-blue. 1908 H. Farjeon in Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 452 When the Spring is a water-blue morning, And the sky is a water-blue bowl. 2003 D. Wood Alphabet Light & Dark 33 A young man with shallow water-blue eyes and a blue smudge of pool-cue chalk on his cheek. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1723
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