capri blue

noun

often capitalized

1

: a vivid blue that is greener and slightly less strong than Ch'ing and greener and duller than Cleopatra or ultramarine compare capri

2

: a blue oxazine dye

Word History

Etymology

from Capri, island in the Bay of Naples, Italy; probably from the famous blue grotto on the island

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