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Powder blue

noun

A pale blue color with grey in it.

adjective

Of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue. Synonym: powdery-blue.

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... partly modernized by the late Mme. Sechard; the walls were adorned with a wainscot, fearful to behold, painted the color of powder blue. The panels were decorated with wall-paper—Oriental scenes in sepia tint—and for all furniture, half-a-dozen chairs with lyre-shaped backs and blue leather cushions were ranged round the room. The two clumsy arched windows ...

— Two Poets - Lost Illusions Part I • Honore de Balzac

... had been partly modernized by the late Mme. Sechard; the walls were adorned with a wainscot, fearful to behold, painted the color of powder blue. The panels were decorated with wall-paper—Oriental scenes in sepia tint—and for all furniture, half-a-dozen chairs with lyre-shaped backs and blue leather cushions were ranged round the room. The two clumsy arched windows that gave upon the Place du Murier were ...

— Two Poets - Lost Illusions Part I • Honore de Balzac