| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section III. Organic Matter | | 2. Sensation |
| Complementary Colors |
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| 438. Blueness. |
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| NOUN: | BLUE &c. adj.; garter-blue; watchet [obs.]; blueness, bluishness; bloom.
[COMPARISONS] lapis lazuli [L.], sapphire, turquoise; indicolite.
[PIGMENTS] ultramarine, smalt, cobalt, cyanogen; Prussian -, syenite- blue; bice, indigo; zaffer.
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| VERB: | RENDER BLUE &c. adj.; blue.
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| ADJECTIVE: | BLUE, azure, cerulean, cyanic; sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed; navy blue, midnight blue, cadet blue, robin’s-egg blue, baby blue, ultramarine, aquamarine, electric blue or electric, steel blue or steel; cerulescent; bluish; atmospheric, retiring; cold.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Oh, yellow’s forsaken, and green is forsworn, But blue is the sweetest color that’s worn.
- Blue, darkly, deeply, beautifully blue.—Southey
- Colour’d with the heaven’s own blue.—Bryant
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