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French blue   /frɛntʃ blu/   Listen
French blue

noun
1.
Ultramarine pigment prepared artificially.  Synonyms: French ultramarine, French ultramarine blue.






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"French blue" Quotes from Famous Books



... That line changed from French blue to American khaki on the night of January 21st. The sector became American at midnight. I watched the men as they marched into the line. In small squads they proceeded silently up the road toward the north, from which direction a raw wind brought occasional sounds resembling the falling ...
— "And they thought we wouldn't fight" • Floyd Gibbons

... of the rather large pay she drew upon coverings of French blue for the plush furniture, upon a dainty yellow porcelain tea-set, upon little oddments of decoration. The wall-paper and carpet were inoffensive, the quietest probably in Millings, so that her efforts had met with some success. There was a lounge with cushions, there were some little volumes, a ...
— Hidden Creek • Katharine Newlin Burt



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