electric blue

noun

a vivid, light-to-moderate blue color.

Origin of electric blue

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby electric blue

electret, electric, electric arc, electric arc welding, electric blanket, electric blue, electric catfish, electric cell, electric chair, electric charge, electric circuit

Example sentences from the Web for electric blue

  • Her onscreen costume was a curiously intimate range of electric-blue mohair sweaters.

    The DSK Maid Tells All | |July 26, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

  • She broke off to address the woman who had now come back and was holding up the trailing breadths of the electric-blue gauze.

    Fennel and Rue |William Dean Howells

  • Rick pointed to a school of about ten vivid little fish of electric-blue color.

    The Wailing Octopus |Harold Leland Goodwin

  • We shall now see how the electric-blue dress will become you.

    Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |A. Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for electric blue

electric blue

noun

  1. a strong metallic blue colour
  2. (as adjective)an electric-blue evening dress