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peacock blue

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peacock blue
n.
A moderate to dark or strong greenish blue.
peacock-blue (pkk-bl) adj.
peacock blue
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a.  a greenish-blue colour
b.  (as adjective) a peacock-blue car
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Noun1.peacock blue - a shade of blue tinged with greenpeacock blue - a shade of blue tinged with green    
aqua, cobalt blue, greenish blue, turquoise, aquamarine
blue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
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peacock blue adj & n → azzurro pavone (m) inv
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She was clad in a somewhat strange garb of peacock green and peacock blue satins, that gleamed like blue and green metals, such as delight children and aesthetes, and her heavy, hot brown hair framed one of those magic faces which are dangerous to all men, but especially to boys and to men growing grey.
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