Definition of Dark blue

1. Noun. A dark shade of blue.

Exact synonyms: Navy, Navy Blue
Generic synonyms: Blue, Blueness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dark Blue

dark-blue
dark-brown
dark-eyed junco
dark-field condenser
dark-field microscope
dark-green
dark-ground illumination
dark-haired
dark-lantern
dark-lanterns
dark-lanthorn
dark-skinned
dark adaptation
dark art
dark arts
dark blue (current term)
dark bread
dark cell
dark chocolate
dark chocolates
dark comdey
dark culture
dark cultures
dark current
dark elf
dark elves
dark energy
dark factory
dark field illumination
dark field imaging

Literary usage of Dark blue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Druggist (1885)
"On cooling, A is light-blue, В dark-blue. After addition of chloroform, A is light-blue, As an example of the practical application of the method, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The dark reddish - violet aqueous solution gives with hydrochloric acid a Bordeaux-red precipitate, and with sodium hydroxide becomes dark- blue violet. ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"Harry, which has almost the same sound and in great degree the same letters as Carrie, is dark red, while Carrie is a very dark blue, almost black. ..."

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