"powder blue" meaning in English

See powder blue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} powder blue (not comparable)
  1. Of a very pale blue colour. Tags: not-comparable

Noun

Forms: powder blues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} powder blue (countable and uncountable, plural powder blues)
  1. A very pale blue colour. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-powder_blue-en-noun-m3oeqS-q

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "Alice blue"
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          "word": "aqua"
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        {
          "word": "aquamarine"
        },
        {
          "word": "azure"
        },
        {
          "word": "baby blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "beryl"
        },
        {
          "word": "bice"
        },
        {
          "word": "bice blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "blue green"
        },
        {
          "word": "blue violet"
        },
        {
          "word": "blueberry"
        },
        {
          "word": "cadet blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "Cambridge blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "cerulean"
        },
        {
          "word": "cobalt blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "Copenhagen blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "cornflower"
        },
        {
          "word": "cornflower blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "cyan"
        },
        {
          "word": "dark blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dodger blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "duck-egg blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "eggshell blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "electric blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "gentian blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "ice blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "lapis lazuli"
        },
        {
          "word": "light blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "lovat"
        },
        {
          "word": "mazarine"
        },
        {
          "word": "midnight blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "navy"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nile blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "Oxford blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "peacock blue"
        },
        {
          "word": "petrol 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"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wedgwood blue"
        },
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          "word": "zaffre"
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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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