royal blue EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a deep blue, often with a faint reddish tinge. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of royal blue First recorded in 1810–20 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for royal blue Historical Examples of royal blue
He was a young man wearing the royal-blue uniform of a Space Cadet.
Carey Rockwell
The shopkeeper described the automobile as a royal-blue limousine of twenty-four horse-power made by the firm of Peugeon & Co.
Arsne Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
Maurice LeBlanc
And upon all these expeditions she wore an air of conscious correctness and the royal-blue velvet cape.
Myra Kelly
British Dictionary definitions for royal blue royal blue noun
- a deep blue colour
- (as adjective)a royal-blue carpet
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