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TARDIS blue

TARDIS blue noun: the dark blue color of a traditional police box.

Noun

TARDIS blue (uncountable)

  1. The dark blue color of a traditional police box.
    • (#003B6F)
    • He wore a black button-down shirt and gray slacks. […] On his feet, he wore his lucky shoes. The TARDIS blue was the only real color on him.2014, Michele Zurlo, Kiss Me by Moonlight, Omnific Publishing, →ISBN

Adjective

TARDIS blue (not comparable)

  1. Of this dark blue color.
    • She wears a tacky T.A.R.D.I.S blue cardigan, buttoned to the max, over khaki slacks.2014, Emma Gray, Groupies, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 39
    • She took a long drag and put the cigarette out in the blue ashtray on the living room table. Alex had given it to her two months after they first met. It was an odd, almost circular shape, but it was TARDIS blue and he thought Die might like it.2015, Lucia Moroşanu, When Impossible Events Occur, →ISBN

Origin of TARDIS blue

From the color of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Questions about TARDIS blue

What does TARDIS blue mean?
TARDIS blue means the dark blue color of a traditional police box.
What part of speech is TARDIS blue?
TARDIS blue can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near TARDIS blue in the dictionary

  1. tardigradous
  2. tardily
  3. tardiness
  4. tardinesses
  5. tardis
  6. TARDIS blue
  7. TARDIS-like
  8. tardises
  9. tardish
  10. Tardislike
  11. tarditive

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