medici blue

noun

med·​i·​ci blue

ˈmedə(ˌ)chē-,

-chi-

often capitalized M

: a bluish gray that is darker than clair de lune, greener and duller than average dusk (see dusk sense 3a), and deeper than puritan gray

Word History

Etymology

after the Medici family

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