As adj. Of the colour of the turquoise; turquoise-blue.

Of the blue-green colour of a peacock's breast; = peacock, adj.

Hence as adj. n. Bluish-green (colour); sea-colour(ed.

attributive. In the sense ‘of the colour of verditer’.

= robin's-egg blue n. adj.

Of a deep greenish-blue colour, resembling that of a peacock's neck.

Of a pale blue or greenish-blue colour.

(a) n. a light greenish-blue colour; (b) adj. of this shade or colour.

Of a light greenish-blue colour.

Of a brilliant blue or blue-green colour resembling that of a kingfisher. Cf. compounds.

a shade of dark blue tinged with green (cf. sense 1c above).