"TARDIS blue" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From the colour of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} TARDIS blue (not comparable)
  1. Of this dark blue colour. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Blues, Doctor Who
    Sense id: en-TARDIS_blue-en-adj-uiIAqSOR Disambiguation of Blues: 51 49 Disambiguation of Doctor Who: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47

Noun

Etymology: From the colour of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} TARDIS blue (uncountable)
  1. The dark blue colour of a traditional police box. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Blues, Doctor Who
    Sense id: en-TARDIS_blue-en-noun-rfHqVb7Z Disambiguation of Blues: 51 49 Disambiguation of Doctor Who: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47

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