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azure

[azh-er] / ˈæʒ ər /
ADJECTIVE
purplish blue
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But unlike the paintings of many other Northwest artists, Arreguín’s canvases were rarely somber: They shimmered with the deepest reds and the brightest blues, azures and sunflower yellow.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2023

The landscape shots of Courage’s farmhouse home are often stunning — backlit with warm yellows and oranges or darkened with mystical violets and azures, the moon hanging low and casting shadows.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2021

Not to detract from their beauty, he said, “these azures often are found on poop.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2016

The aquamarines near the shoreline, the azures of deeper waters, the eggshell blues beneath by grandmother’s eyes, the fragile indigos tracking her hands.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The dark cypresses of Hadrian's Villa stood like spires of thunder clouds against the wonderful azures of this uplifting sky.

From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee




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