reddish blue

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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 Blacker, William

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 Beech, Franklin

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 Beede, Clara M.

The longest waves give the sensation of red, and the shortest that of violet, a slightly reddish blue.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

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 Ruskin, John