Definitions
Etymologies
- From the color of the British naval uniform. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Before I could answer, two incredibly freckled, Mom-aged women came racing out of the house wearing serious navy blue bathing suits and no shoes.”
“For instance, one woman may choose to wear her classic navy blue blazer traditionally, paired with her best tan trousers, a silky white blouse, black patent leather pumps, and a strand of milky pearls, whereas another woman will create a look that thumbs its nose at convention while using the instant-recognition factor of the jacket in a slightly coded manner.”
“NAVY ENCOURAGES BREAKUPS Your navy blazer could very well be half of a navy blue suit you already own.”
“OUR VANCOUVER UNIFORMS were blue-on-blue, the arms and legs of the skin suits navy blue around a light-blue top, the top adorned with a small American flag, the USA on the back this time in red.”
“She wore a navy blue man-tailored suit with a white silk, jewel-necked blouse under the jacket.”
“SPRING INTO MODERN NAUTICAL Your navy blue business suit jacket or a classic navy blue blazer with your bleach white jean will give you a hint of maritime mystique.”
“Yes, loden green and navy blue will be standing front and center on your rack, and they are ideal investments—very slimming too.”
“On a recent morning at Port Isabel, young Indian men wearing navy blue detention uniforms filled the benches in Immigration Judge Keith Hunsucker's courtroom.”
USA Today: More illegal immigrants from India crossing border
“His lean, aristocratic-looking face was nearly as pale as the white between the navy blue stripes of his beautiful shirt, which he wore with a navy blue silk tie and a dark blue suit with the thinnest, most elegant of red pinstripes.”
“The afternoon being exceptionally mild, she wore her summer dress, now two years old, a navy blue artificial silk upon which a number of discordant colours were scattered in what looked like an imitation of the Morse-code.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘navy blue’.
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Crayon Colors
This is a continuing list of Crayon Colors past and present. As I find new ones added to the "box", I will add them here as well!
black, blue, brown, apricot, bittersweet, blue green, blue violet, brick red, burnt sienna, carnation pink, cornflower, flesh and 134 more...
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blue
bluejeans, blue sky, blue angel, blue heaven, blue jay, blue cheese, blue ridge, blue ribbon, blue print, blue rinse, bluestocking, blue shift and 50 more...
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Chromonyms 2
Names for colors composed of two or more words. All of these are defined as colors in at least one dictionary, most being in MW3. See Chromonyms for one-word color names.
Some well-kno...absinthe green, moss green, pea green, apple green, yellow stone, dusty yellow, absinthe yellow, liqueur green, olive wood, tilleul buff, white jade, café au lait and 1529 more...
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Crayola Crayon Colors Circa 1998
almond, antique brass, apricot, aquamarine, asparagus, atomic tangerine, banana mania, beaver, bittersweet, black, blizzard blue, blue and 108 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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Crayola Old Style
cornflower, midnight blue, periwinkle, bittersweet, mahogany, burnt orange, cadet blue, forest green, goldenrod, burnt sienna, raw umber, raw sienna and 44 more...
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paintboxes and rainbows
color words
cyan, virid, magenta, teal, amaranth, periwinkle, cornflower, taupe, cerise, tawny, celadon, fuchsia and 64 more...
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