midnight blue

noun

: a deep blackish blue

Examples of midnight blue in a Sentence

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The striking collection shown in Budapest featured floaty skirts and dresses in gauzy, translucent fabrics in deep black, white and midnight blue. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 The nine-color range pops with shimmering pink, velvety gold, and midnight blue that sparkles like the night sky, all thanks to real crystals. Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024 Blue everywhere, blue mixed with pink, pale blue and deeper blue, cobalt blue, midnight blue. Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Harper's Magazine, 22 July 2024 Only snow, ice, and rock were visible as far as the eye could see, an unreal wilderness in black and white, with a clear, sunny, enormous sky in purest sapphire above it, stretching up into the midnight blue of space. Christian Kracht, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for midnight blue

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of midnight blue was in 1810

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“Midnight blue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight%20blue. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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