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  • Yet, on the other side of the constellation, Rigel burns a brilliant whitish-blue.

    A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010

  • Sections of the office's walls look transparent, but actually contain incredibly thin solar panels and as many as 320 light-emitting diodes that release whitish-blue light at night.

    Boing Boing: February 26, 2006 - March 4, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Their brilliant colour contrasted vividly with the whitish-blue of their antagonists, for the struggle was indisputable.

    When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

  • Her hair was streaked with gray, her face thin and of an unnatural waxy pallor, her lips of a whitish-blue color and tightly pressed together, and her eyes, seemingly sunken far back in their orbits, burned with a strange, ghastly -- I had almost said phosphorescent -- light.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

  • The light should come from the side of the stage where the fairies stand, where should be burned a small quantity of the whitish-blue fire.

    Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head

  • The whitish-blue fire should be burned in small quantities near the trap door and larger quantities of the same in the ante-rooms, which will reflect on the forms of the performers.

    Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head

  • A small quantity of the whitish-blue fire may be burned near the spot where the Goddess appears.

    Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head

  • Ammonia gives a whitish-blue precipitate, soluble in excess.

    Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

  • Incorporate them completely, and when inflamed they will emit a whitish-blue light, accompanied by much smoke.

    Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head

  • The light for this tableau can be produced by a whitish-blue fire, burned at either side of the stage; it should be quite brilliant, and must be lighted before the curtain rises.

    Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants James H. Head

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