"saxe blue" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From French Saxe (“Saxony”) (from German), where a dye of this color originated. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|Saxe||Saxony}} French Saxe (“Saxony”), {{uder|en|de|-}} German Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolink=1}} saxe blue (not comparable)
  1. Of a light blue color, with a tint of grey Tags: not-comparable Related terms: Saxon blue Translations (colour): sans pareille de Saxe (French), sächsische Blau (German), サックス (sakkusu) (Japanese), サックスブルー (sakkusu burū) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-saxe_blue-en-adj-Gq7y292z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Blues Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Blues: 49 51

Noun

Forms: saxe blues [plural]
Etymology: From French Saxe (“Saxony”) (from German), where a dye of this color originated. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|Saxe||Saxony}} French Saxe (“Saxony”), {{uder|en|de|-}} German Head templates: {{en-noun|~|nolink=1}} saxe blue (countable and uncountable, plural saxe blues)
  1. A light blue color, with a tint of grey. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-saxe_blue-en-noun-BL7vq0e0 Categories (other): Blues Disambiguation of Blues: 49 51

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