LIGHT-BLUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does light-blue mean? 

• LIGHT-BLUE (adjective)
  The adjective LIGHT-BLUE has 1 sense:

1. of a light shade of blue

  Familiarity information: LIGHT-BLUE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHT-BLUE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a light shade of blue

Synonyms:

light-blue; pale blue

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

He was small, nervous, alert with intelligent light-blue eyes and mobile features.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I saw the red face and the kindly, light-blue eyes looking out at me.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the centre of the dais were two very high chairs with dorserets, which arched forwards over the heads of the occupants, the whole covered with light-blue silk thickly powdered with golden stars.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)