Antonyms for blue-green


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : bloo-green
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbluˈgrin


Definition of blue-green

  • As in blue : adj sky, sea color
  • As in green : adj emerald in color
  • As in turquoise : noun aqua
Example sentences :
  • The neighbors of green are a green-yellow on one hand and a blue-green on the other.
  • Extract from : « A Color Notation » by Albert H. Munsell
  • It was a beautiful planet, perhaps a shade greener than the blue-green of earth.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn
  • The blue-green of the ocean had not so fascinated as the mysticism of this broad view.
  • Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman
  • Lastly she put on the blue-green costume, with the turquoise and jade embroidery.
  • Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
  • It is mountain grown, and the bean is large and blue-green in color.
  • Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers
  • Finally, he points out that they seem to avoid the blue-green areas.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy of To-day » by Cecil G. Dolmage
  • On the other hand, their colour, blue-green, is that of vegetation.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 » by Various
  • The mass of the foliage is blue-green; these new ones are yellow-green.
  • Extract from : « Trees Every Child Should Know » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • It bored a blue-green glistening cave in which he laid Sorrow.
  • Extract from : « Pilgrim Sorrow » by Carmen Sylva
  • Peace was in the blue heaven, on the blue-green sea, on the green land.
  • Extract from : « The Washer of the Ford » by Fiona Macleod

Synonyms for blue-green

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