azure
Pale celestial shade
Azure is a bright blue color, the blue of a clear sky at midday.
In heraldry, azure denotes blue on a coat of arms.
The word appears often in poetry and elevated prose to describe skies, seas, and eyes: The azure waters of the Mediterranean stretched before us.
As an adjective, it simply means bright blue: azure tiles, azure eyes.
Bright sky tone
- sapphireBlue precious corundum
- cobaltElement twenty-seven
- sky-bluePale azure hue
- cornflowerBlue-petaled wildflower
periwinkle · cyan · turquoise · ultramarine · lapis · peacock · teal · steel-blue
Free of sky cover
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- heavensCelestial expanse overhead
- expanseUnbroken area of space
- firmamentThe arching sky above
vault · canopy · blue-sky · overhead · celestial · atmosphere · clear · bright
Blue precious corundum
- turquoiseBlue-green opaque gemstone
- aquamarineBlue-green beryl gemstone
- topazSemiprecious aluminum silicate crystal
- tanzaniteBlue zoisite variety
lazurite · sodalite · beryl · zircon · spinel · azurite · kyanite · chalcedony
cerulean
Bright sky tone
cornflower · periwinkle · cyan · turquoise · ultramarine · lapis · peacock · teal · steel-blue · aquamarine
cloudless
Free of sky cover
firmament · vault · canopy · blue-sky · overhead · celestial · atmosphere · clear · bright · sunlit
sapphire
Blue precious corundum
- turquoiseBlue-green opaque gemstone
- aquamarineBlue-green beryl gemstone
- topazSemiprecious aluminum silicate crystal
tanzanite · lazurite · sodalite · beryl · zircon · spinel · azurite · kyanite · chalcedony · moonstone
Mediterranean
Sea between Europe, Africa, Asia
lagoon · waters · coastline · Adriatic · cove · bay · shallows · reef · seascape · maritime
tincture
Herb steeped in alcohol
- blazonHeraldic shield notation
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
field · argent · or · vert · sable · armorial · crest · chevron · bend · fess
- lycaenidshairstreak, hairstreaks, coppers, blues, marine blue
- colorsred, blue, green, yellow, orange
- couleursblanc, bleu, noir, orange, rouge
- skyclouds, blue sky, cloud, sun, moon
- Arabic loanwordsalgebra, algorithm, alcohol, alchemy, alkali
- Bright Colorsbright red, bright blue, bright green, bright yellow, magenta