blueness

Roget-categorie 438

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#438. Blueness

zelfstandig naamwoord

blue etc. adj. — garter-blue — watchet^†.
[Pigments] ultramarine, smalt, cobalt, cyanogen [Chem] — Prussian blue, syenite blue^† — bice^†, indigo — zaffer^†.
lapis lazuli, sapphire, turquoise — indicolite^†.
blueness, bluishness — bloom.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

blue, azure, cerulean — sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed — cerulescent^† — powder blue, bluish — atmospheric, retiring — cold.

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