Scotch blue

English

Noun

Scotch blue (uncountable)

1. A dark shade of blue-magenta.

   Scotch blue:  

Adjective

Scotch blue (not comparable)

1. Of a dark shade of blue-magenta.
   • 1919, B.M. Bower, chapter 9, in Rim o' the World:

     But there was no mistaking those eyes of hers, Scotch blue and uncompromisingly direct in their gaze.

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}