della robbia blue

della robbia blue
\\|delə|räbēə-, -rōb-\ noun
Usage: often capitalized R
Etymology: after Della Robbia, family of Italian painters and sculptors of the 15th and 16th cents.
: a variable color averaging a light blue that is redder and deeper than average forget-me-not (sense 2a)

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