"blue rinse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue rinses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue rinse (plural blue rinses)
  1. A diluted blue hair dye used to reduce the yellowed or translucent appearance of greying hair on older women (because the ability to see the colour blue decreases with age). Wikipedia link: blue rinse Derived forms: blue-rinse brigade, blue-rinsed Related terms: bluehair
    Sense id: en-blue_rinse-en-noun-tOLRWS5v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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