reddish blue

Great Whirling Dun.—The body is made of water-rat's fur, mixed with yellow mohair, and ribbed with yellow silk; a reddish blue dun hackle for legs; grey mallard wings, or starling—try both.

The longest waves give the sensation of red, and the shortest that of violet, a slightly reddish blue.

Thus, for instance, logwood with iron produces a bluish black; with chrome, a blue; with alumina, a reddish blue.

This emitted a line of thin, reddish blue flame.

Its flowers, of sweet scent, of a dark violet or a reddish blue, are carried each on a slender peduncle, which bends down at the summit.