dutch blue

noun

often capitalized D

1

: a variable color averaging a moderate blue that is redder and darker than average copen, redder, lighter, and stronger than azurite blue, and redder and deeper than Dresden blue

2

: a grayish blue that is redder and paler than electric or copenhagen and lighter than Gobelin

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