telegraph blue
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the color of the telegraph paper used in France.
Noun[edit]
- (archaic) A greyish-blue color, similar to cadet blue.
- 1882, Godey's Lady's Book (volume 105, paeg 373)
- Telegraph blue, similar to our cadet blue, is named after the blue telegraph paper used in France, […]
- 1889, Demorests' Monthly Magazine, volume 25, page 65:
- Dark navy-blue, cardinal, golden-brown, old blue, olive, slate-gray, and telegraph-blue are the favorite solid colors seen in heavy beaver cloths […]
- 1882, Godey's Lady's Book (volume 105, paeg 373)