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BLOO/bluː/

A clear day often paints the sky blue. Blue eyes, a blue shirt, and blue jeans are everyday collocations. Blew is the past of blow — same sound, different spelling. Dark blue and light blue are useful extra colour words.

Meaning

The colour of a clear sky in the day.

Examples

• “The sea looks blue today.”
• “He bought a blue bag.”
• “The sky is blue this morning.”

Good to know

a blue + noun. dark blue / light blue. Not blew (past of blow).

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