Meaning of wine-blue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of a range of colours between indigo and purple, like those of some red wines.
   countable, uncountable
2. A specific color among several that represent red wine.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Mulder and Maumené have given it the name of œnocyan or wine-blue, as its color, when neutral, is blue; the red color of genuine wines is due to the presence of tartaric and acetic acid acting upon the wine-blue.”

“In this modestly sized canvas you find the wonderful blue colour of the Limfjord — a colour Homer called “wineblue” (oinops).”

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