reddish blue

1. 1.

   a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

   Synonymsviolet

   Broaderpurple

   Narrowerindigo

Questions about reddish blue

What does reddish blue mean?

reddish blue means "a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum".

What is another word for reddish blue?

Close synonyms include violet. 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 reddish blue a common word?

reddish blue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.