cornflower blue

noun

: a moderate purplish blue

Examples of cornflower blue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Blanchett brought an air of ethereal levity with her cornflower blue Jean Paul Gaultier creation at the 2005 Golden Globes, featuring an asymmetrical capelet and floral flourishes. —Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026

Go classic with a cornflower blue and white mix, or try something a little preppier with pink or light green. —Avery Matera, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026

In Japan, people still remember television commercials featuring an overhead conveyor belt bearing vivid jackets in fifty colors: mint, lavender, cornflower blue, clementine orange, lime green. —Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

The dozens of baby coral in Figueiredo’s windowless lab on Dania Beach are now illuminated by cornflower blue light that mimics the sun at night and the moon in the middle of the day. —Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cornflower blue

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue