blue

Pronunciation

• enPR: blo͞o, IPA ^(key): /bluː/
• SAMPA: /blu:/

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• Homophone: blew

Noun

Singular blue

Plural blues

A blue jaybird

1. (countable) One of the colors people can see

   The sky was a deep blue above her and golden yellow beyond the village.

   The wall was a mix of watery blues and greens.

Related words

• blues
• blueness
• bluish

Adjective

Positive blue

Comparative bluer

Superlative bluest

1. Colored blue.

   He had blue eyes.

2. If you are blue, you are sad.

   He was very blue that day.

3. If a time is blue, it is a sad time.
   • Synonyms: sad, unhappy and depressed

   It was a blue day at school when he failed the test.

4. (informal) If a film, story or joke is blue, it has sexual or pornographic content.

Common colors (edit)

white - silver - gray - black - brown - red - orange - gold - yellow - olive - green - cyan - blue - indigo - violet - purple - magenta - pink - maroon