blue-black

[ bloo-blak ]

/ ˈbluˈblæk /

black with bluish highlights.

Origin of blue-black

First recorded in 1815–25

blue-black·ness, noun

Brambles were heavy with blue-black berries, and the bracken was battered and brown on the steep hill-side.

The Beth Book |Sarah Grand
And northerly again were the pillars of the Giant's Causeway, blue-black against the sun.

The Wind Bloweth |Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
It is a slate blue bird shading into blue-black on the neck and back.

A Critique of the Theory of Evolution |Thomas Hunt Morgan
The sky was of a blue-black with golden rents and gleams that travelled steadily eastwards.

The Roll-Call |Arnold Bennett

She turned her pale face to the window, her eyes to the stars in the blue-black sky.

Anxious Audrey |Mabel Quiller-Couch