Of an unhealthy, unwholesome colour; livid, leaden-hued. Applied esp. to wounds, to the human face discoloured by disease, and to corpses. Obsolete.

esp. Applied to the complexion or colour of the human body, as affected by cold, or contusion: Livid. Hence black and blae (now altered to black and…

Of the skin: having a bluish or leaden colour, esp. as a result of reduced circulation or oxygenation of the blood (as in exposure to cold or…

Dark in colour; black or blackish; dusky, swarthy. Livid through suffering or emotion. Obsolete.

Of a bluish- or purplish-grey colour.

covered with marks made by pinches.

Affected with jaundice; coloured yellow.

blue in the face: (used hyperbolically) blue-faced or livid with anger, excitement, effort, etc.; now usually in to do something till (also until) one…