mazarine blue

noun

often capitalized M

: a deep purplish blue that is slightly redder than hyacinth blue, redder and paler than average sapphire (see sapphire sense 2a), and redder, lighter, and stronger than cyanine blue (see cyanine blue sense 1b)

called also bellflower, Roslyn blue

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