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Definition of Nile blue in English: Nile bluenoun mass nounA pale greenish blue. Example sentencesExamples - The installation consisted of a suspended upside-down pyramid made of small squares of embossed gold foil, which was poised over a pile of sand with a mirror set in it and surrounded by walls painted a deep Nile blue.
- He mumbled some obscenities and he closed his eyes painfully recalling the gorgeous Nile blue eyes looking blankly up at him, expressionless.
- I still remember how they painted the long road into the museum a deep Nile blue.
Origin Late 19th century: suggested by French eau de Nil. Definition of Nile blue in US English: Nile bluenoun A pale greenish blue. Example sentencesExamples - The installation consisted of a suspended upside-down pyramid made of small squares of embossed gold foil, which was poised over a pile of sand with a mirror set in it and surrounded by walls painted a deep Nile blue.
- I still remember how they painted the long road into the museum a deep Nile blue.
- He mumbled some obscenities and he closed his eyes painfully recalling the gorgeous Nile blue eyes looking blankly up at him, expressionless.
Origin Late 19th century: suggested by French eau de Nil. |