What does cerulean mean?

Definitions for cerulean
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blueadjective

    a light shade of blue

  2. azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blueadjective

    of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

    "October's bright blue weather"

Wiktionary

  1. ceruleanadjective

    Of a deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.

  2. Etymology: From caeruleus, from ḱēy(w)-. Cognate with har. More at hoar.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cerulean, Ceruleousadjective

    Blue; sky coloured.

    Etymology: cœruleus, Lat.

    It afforded a solution, with, now and then, a light touch of sky colour, but nothing near so high as the ceruleous tincture of silver. Boyle.

    From thee the saphire solid ether takes,
    Its hue cerulean. James Thomson, Summer.

Wikipedia

  1. Cerulean

    Cerulean (), also spelled caerulean, is a shade of blue ranging between azure and a darker sky blue. The first recorded use of cerulean as a colour name in English was in 1590. The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus, "dark blue, blue, or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky"."Cerulean blue" is the name of a pigment. The pigment was discovered in the late eighteenth century and designated as cerulean blue in the nineteenth century.

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  1. cerulean

    Cerulean refers to a deep sky-blue color. It is often used to describe things like the sky or the sea, and can also refer to blue pigments used in art or dyes. The term "cerulean" is derived from the Latin word 'caeruleus', meaning dark blue or blue-green.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ceruleanadjective

    sky-colored; blue; azure

  2. Etymology: [L. caeruleus.]

Wikidata

  1. Cerulean

    Cerulean, also spelled caerulean, is a color term that may be applied to certain colors with the hue ranging roughly between blue and cyan, overlapping with both. It also largely overlaps with azure and sky blue, although cerulean is dimmer. The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in 1590. The word is probably derived from the Latin word caeruleus, "dark blue, blue or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caelulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cerulean

    se-rū′le-an, adj. sky-blue: dark-blue; sea-green.—adj. Cerū′leous. [L. cæruleus.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cerulean in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cerulean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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