Phrase Hound found 965 phrases and 210 compound words that contain blue. The most common are listed below. Open blue in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 965
- light blueA pale blue colour: sky blue or similar.
- dark blueA deep, dim blue colour: navy or similar.
- sky blueOf a vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
- navy blueA dark blue color.
- black and blueOf a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
- out of the blueUnexpectedly; without warning or preparation.
- blue skyAlternative form of blue-sky.
- blue jeansA pair of trousers made from denim cotton and dyed dark blue.
- blue lightA mixture of chemicals (including nitre, sulfur and antimony) used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for night-time signaling and general illumination.
- out the blueout of the blue
- blue lineEither of the two thick blue lines on the ice that separate an attacking zone or defending zone from the neutral zone.
- Blue HouseThe executive mansion of South Korea, in Seoul, housing the residence and office of the President of South Korea
- blue-collarWorking class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
- blue cheeseA kind of cheese made with bluish mold in it.
- royal blueA deep, bright blue colour.
- blue greenA bluish green colour.
- blue-and-whiteA police car.
- blue-blackA very dark blue.
- blue-eyesplural of blue-eye: The blue-faced honeyeater of Australia (Entomyzon cyanotis).
- true blueSteadfastly faithful or loyal; unwavering in loyalty; staunch, true.
- blue bookA book of statistics or almanac, usually published by an agency or as a trade publication.
- blue bloodNoble or aristocratic ancestry.
- blue cardAn EU-wide work permit allowing high-skilled non-EU citizens to work and live in any country within the European Union, excluding Denmark and Ireland, which are not subject to the proposal.
- deep blueAn intense, relatively dark blue.
- blue screenThe filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene.
Compound words 210
- BluetoothThe nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
- blueprintA type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
- bluegrassKentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
- bluebirdAny of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.
- bluishHaving a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
- bluefishA voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
- bluebellVarious flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers.
- bluestoneAny of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction
- grueTo be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
- bluewaterOceangoing, capable of travelling in rough seas.