cerulean

• Her aunt, a slender, ethereal figure draped in cerulean-blue sine, hair that still retained much of its silvery blond glory piled high on her elegant head, was gracefully adorning one of the chaises lining the wall, in earnest conversation with Mrs. Haverbuck, another of the local ladies. —  A Lady of Expectations
• It turns sapphire, cerulean, azure, indigo, all the colors that only poets and painters can see. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 03 - March 2002
• The Great Smoky Mountains rose in the distance, green and gray against a late afternoon sky as blue as a cerulean glaze. —  AnalogSFF,March2008
• The sky is a blue deeper than cerulean, much deeper than topaz, incomparably deeper than aquamarine. —  WorldsEnough ;Time
• On a thumbtack was a church calendar with a huge picture of Jesus Christ, his hair brown ringlets against a cerulean-blue background, and his eyes heavenward. —  CourtingTrouble

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