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Meaning of telegraph blue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A greyish-blue color, similar to cadet blue.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“Telegraph blue, similar to our cadet blue, is named after the blue telegraph paper used in France, […]”

“Dark navy-blue, cardinal, golden-brown, old blue, olive, slate-gray, and telegraph-blue are the favorite solid colors seen in heavy beaver cloths […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

telegraph boy telegraph code telegraph cucumber Telegraph Hill telegraph line telegraph office