eton blue

noun

often capitalized E

: a light bluish green that is bluer and duller than average aqua green (see aqua green sense 1) or average turquoise green and bluer and deeper than robin's-egg blue (see robbin's-egg blue )

called also Cambridge blue

Word History

Etymology

so called from its being the school color

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

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