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cerulean |
(n): a light shade of blue
(n): blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
(adj): of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
(adj): vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue
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Ooh, "apricot wash," I like that!
If you know someone who paints in oils, this is a nicely evocative word, though. Goes well with alizarin crimson. :-)
As a colour word, this is only used by hopeless versifiers, but to me it means a certain kind of summery, seashore sky, flecked with cumulus, a clutter of gulls, and the apricot wash of a half-risen sun.
'Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
Whilst our laughter echoed
Under cerulean skies...' (Chrono Cross intro.)
Definitely a tough one to pronounce. Definitely a great color.
Suh-roo-lee-uhn. Beautiful word, likewise with the color it describes.
I've never been comfortable pronouncing this word. I try to avoid it.