"berry blue" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} berry blue (not comparable)
  1. Of a purplish-blue colour resembling that of blueberries. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-berry_blue-en-adj-LqRFFpCh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Noun

Forms: berry blues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} berry blue (countable and uncountable, plural berry blues)
  1. A purplish-blue color resembling that of blueberries Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-berry_blue-en-noun-PAgQnzDA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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