midnight blue

noun

: a deep blackish blue

Examples of midnight blue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Everything in the Flow system, including accessories offered in colors that include space gray, silver, gold, rose gold, espresso brown, deep green, and midnight blue, is available for preorder today. Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2024 Fortunately, the Frenchman ultimately chooses to wear a full suit — midnight blue with black accents — and a shirt. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024 Some of the color choices include blue spruce, driftwood, morning matcha, moonstone grey, and midnight blue. Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Sep. 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. Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for midnight blue 

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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 5 Nov. 2024.

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