opal blueadj.n.
/ˌəʊpl ˈbluː/, U.S. /ˌoʊp(ə)l ˈblu/ A. adj.
Of or designating a very pale blue colour as seen in some opals.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > light blue
bluec1400
watchet1496
azurine1577
watchet-coloured1609
turkina1630
watercoloured1660
powder blue1789
Eton blue1851
opal blue1856
starch blue1875
watchet-hued1895
1856 C. Mackay Lump of Gold iv. x Cathedrals, pinnacles, and towers, Rose-tinted, amber, opal blue, Alight with living gold.
1869 J. Ruskin in J. Ruskin & L. C. Tuthill Precious Thoughts 114 The pale radiance of clear sky, opal blue.
1999 J. Annerino Dead in their Tracks i. 16 Lightning rumbles out of the opal-blue thunderheads.
B. n.
1. A blue aniline dye.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > blue pigment > specific
azurec1374
lapis lazulia1425
litmusc1503
verditer1505
florey1527
bice1548
smalt1558
smalts1591
smalt1598
ultramarine1598
litmus blue1612
verditer1665
ultramarine blue (or colour)1686
blue sublimate1700
Prussian blue1724
terre bleue1728
starch blue1742
king's blue1778
verditel1778
Antwerp brown1787
Berlin blue1794
lacmus1794
Antwerp blue1795
French blue1802
lapis1811
Waterloo blue1815
Waterloo1823
cobalt1835
Thénard's blue1837
iron blue1839
turnsole1839
permanent blue1863
opal blue1880
Haarlem blue1885
cyanine blue1886
cerulean blue1889
Victoria blue1890
Milori blue1899
Prussian1911
Windsor blue1912
gentianine1927
Monastral1936
Alcian Blue1947
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > haloids > chlorides or chlorates > other specific named
sal ammoniacc1325
salt of steel1704
horn-lead1783
nitromuriate1796
oxymuriate1797
hyperoxymuriate1806
argentane1812
magnesane1812
tellurane1812
oxychlorate1818
hypochlorite1849
tin-salt1849
perchlorate1853
carbon tetrachloride1866
nickel chloride1868
opal blue1880
1880 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 445 The hydrochloride..is known as opal blue.
1975 Fertility & Sterility 26 700 Two commonly used live–dead stains (eosin–nigrosin (EN) and eosin–opal blue (EOB)) were compared with the estimated active spermatozoa in semen samples.
2. An opal-blue colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue
watchetc1405
vessey colour1562
fesse1587
Venice blue1598
Turkey colour1661
powder blue1752
Eton blue1851
ice-blue1851
periwinkle blue1852
Cambridge blue1858
baby blue1861
starch blue1875
duck's egg1876
pervenche1876
opal blue1881
periwinkle1895
pervenche blue1898
harebell blue1909
horizon-blue1919
Nattier blue1923
zircon blue1928
Mary blue1943
1881 Proc. Royal Soc. 32 210 Lime phosphoresces of a bright orange-yellow colour, changing to opal-blue in patches where the molecular discharge raises the temperature.
1995 Daily Mail 25 Oct. 67 The shirts are available in six colours—A (cream), B (sage green), C (peach), D (opal blue), E (hyacinth), F (flame red).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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