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  • Despite the purple trim, Ms. Fulton says she painted her room lavender-blue because she "didn't want to turn any man off that might come over."

    Drama on the Upper East Side 2010

  • Today she wore a softly draped dress of lavender-blue, with matching eyes.

    TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009

  • In different forms they may vary in shape from slender to chunky, and in colour from white through skimmed-milk to a soft lavender-blue.

    Kopper King And Friends « Fairegarden 2009

  • And one day, there they would be, the little lavender-blue hepaticas, peeping out from under the fallen leaves.

    Welcoming the Bounty Which Springs From Mother Earth 2009

  • The author, a 'naturalist, explorer,' as his bio has it, takes pains to note every 'cocoa-coloured wood frog' the travelers pass, and the 'pale lavender-blue winged blossoms of the orchid tree (Bauhinia).'

    The Return of 'The Snow Leopard' Iyer, Pico 2008

  • And one day there they would be, all of the little lavender-blue hepaticas peeping out from under the fallen leaves.

    "The Story Behind Grandmother's Cookbook" 2007

  • The silk came out a wonderful smokey lavender-blue which may be her perfect color--it really makes her eyes look blue.

    Archive 2004-12-01 Holly 2004

  • The silk came out a wonderful smokey lavender-blue which may be her perfect color--it really makes her eyes look blue.

    time off Holly 2004

  • The whole house had once been painted bright colors, but had faded to pale gray and lavender-blue, with dusty peach brackets here and there.

    Wild Orchids Jude Deveraux 2003

  • The colors she was wearing made her eyes look lavender-blue.

    Twilight Nancy Pickard 1995

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