mazarine blue

mazarine blue
noun
Usage: often capitalized M
: a deep purplish blue that is slightly redder than hyacinth blue, redder and paler than average sapphire (sense 2a), and redder, lighter, and stronger than cyanine blue (sense 1b) — called also bellflower, Roslyn blue

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