reddish blue
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Its flowers, of sweet scent, of a dark violet or a reddish blue, are carried each on a slender peduncle, which bends down at the summit.
From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin
This emitted a line of thin, reddish blue flame.
From The Eternal Maiden by T. Everett Harré
Thus, for instance, logwood with iron produces a bluish black; with chrome, a blue; with alumina, a reddish blue.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
The Spring has made a grand debut; And turned up sod is reddish blue, Where last year's roses bloomed for you.
From Clear Crystals by Clara M. Beede
Great Whirling Dun.—The body is made of water-rat's fur, mixed with yellow mohair, and ribbed with yellow silk; a reddish blue dun hackle for legs; grey mallard wings, or starling—try both.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker
