dark blue

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   a dark shade of blue

   Synonymsnavynavy blue

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Questions about dark blue

What does dark blue mean?

dark blue means "a dark shade of blue".

What is another word for dark blue?

Close synonyms include navy, navy blue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dark blue a common word?

dark blue is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.