"Wedgwood blue" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Named for Josiah Wedgwood, who used this colour for pottery. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Wedgwood blue (not comparable)
  1. Of a pale grey-blue colour. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Wedgwood_blue-en-adj-L-cD6~K0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Related terms: Wedgwood green, Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, zaffre Related terms (blues): blue

Noun

Forms: Wedgwood blues [plural]
Etymology: Named for Josiah Wedgwood, who used this colour for pottery. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Wedgwood blue (countable and uncountable, plural Wedgwood blues)
  1. A pale grey-blue colour. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Wedgwood_blue-en-noun-WYVrMKk8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51

Inflected forms

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          "word": "electric blue"
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          "word": "navy"
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          "word": "Nile blue"
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          "word": "Oxford blue"
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        {
          "word": "peacock blue"
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        {
          "word": "petrol blue"
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        {
          "word": "powder blue"
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        {
          "word": "Prussian blue"
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        {
          "word": "robin's-egg blue"
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          "word": "royal blue"
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          "word": "sapphire"
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          "word": "saxe blue"
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          "word": "slate blue"
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          "word": "sky blue"
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          "word": "teal"
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