"peacock blue" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} peacock blue (not comparable)
  1. Of a brilliant blue-green colour. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Blues Translations (of a brilliant blue-green colour): pávakék (Hungarian)

Noun

Forms: peacock blues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} peacock blue (countable and uncountable, plural peacock blues)
  1. A brilliant, dark blue-green colour, like the plumage of a peacock. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Blues Translations (a brilliant, dark blue-green colour): синьо електрик (sinjo elektrik) (Bulgarian), pávakék (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-peacock_blue-en-noun-qXSQ4-Ea Disambiguation of Blues: 49 51

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"
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        {
          "word": "cornflower blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "cyan"
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        {
          "word": "dark blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dodger blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "duck-egg blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "eggshell blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "electric blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "gentian blue"
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        {
          "word": "ice blue"
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        {
          "word": "lapis lazuli"
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          "word": "light blue"
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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"
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        {
          "word": "Nile blue"
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        {
          "word": "Oxford 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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          "word": "turquoise"
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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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      "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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    {
      "word": "turquoise"
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      "word": "ultramarine"
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