"duck-egg blue" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=duck-egg blue}} duck-egg blue (not comparable)
  1. Of a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs. Tags: not-comparable

Noun

Forms: duck-egg blues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=duck-egg blue}} duck-egg blue (plural duck-egg blues)
  1. A pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.
    Sense id: en-duck-egg_blue-en-noun-twaS8E7W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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        {
          "word": "blue green"
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        {
          "word": "blue violet"
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        {
          "word": "blueberry"
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        {
          "word": "cadet blue"
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        {
          "word": "Cambridge blue"
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          "word": "cerulean"
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        {
          "word": "cobalt blue"
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          "word": "Copenhagen blue"
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          "word": "cornflower blue"
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          "word": "Dodger blue"
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        {
          "word": "gentian blue"
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          "word": "ice blue"
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          "word": "lapis lazuli"
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          "word": "lovat"
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          "word": "mazarine"
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        {
          "word": "midnight blue"
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        {
          "word": "navy"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nile blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "Oxford blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "peacock blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "petrol blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "powder blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "Prussian blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "robin's-egg blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "royal blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "sapphire"
        },
        {
          "word": "saxe blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "slate blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "sky blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "teal"
        },
        {
          "word": "turquoise"
        },
        {
          "word": "ultramarine"
        },
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          "word": "Wedgwood blue"
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      "word": "Dodger 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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    {
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