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blue-red

American  
[bloo-red] / ˈbluˈrɛd /

noun

  1. a color about midway between blue and red in the spectrum; purplish.


Example Sentences

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It was a fireball, an explosion of blue-red, and the heat of it singed the tips of his hair and scorched his eyes, so that both he and Mal had to cover their faces.

From Literature

Each blue-red pattern in the image above represents a possible quantum state of the spin-boson system.

From Science Daily

"A Gaussian state would look like a plain red circle, without any interesting blue-red patterns," explains PhD candidate Liam Bond.

From Science Daily

The reels pulse with blue-red police lights and dramatic music.

From Washington Post

Before the call, I did my hair and applied my signature lipstick: a bright, matte blue-red.

From Washington Post