midnight blue

noun

: a deep blackish blue

Examples of midnight blue in a Sentence

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Well, consider swapping splashy shades of turquoise for midnight blue, hot-rod red for bordeaux, and glazed donut nails for a futuristic silver chrome. Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 June 2026 The film’s images find a saturated romanticism in the sunset hues and midnight blues of the surrounding, seemingly infinite and defiantly waterless landscape, and thus an apt visual language for the big, inchoate emotions that our heroine feels but can’t always wrangle or articulate. Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 May 2026 Most colors are vivid hues like neon pink, turquoise, bright orange and midnight blue, but the hazy fusions are the product’s signature. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2026 Jeans retail for $138 and are available in light blue and midnight blue. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for midnight blue

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of midnight blue was in 1810

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“Midnight blue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight%20blue. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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