blue vs cobalt blue

cobalt blue vs blue

blue and cobalt blue both are nouns.

blue is an adjective but cobalt blue is not an adjective.

blue is a verb but cobalt blue is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blue	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
cobalt blue	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cobalt blue is a hyponym of blue; that is, cobalt blue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than blue:

blue: blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
cobalt blue: a shade of blue tinged with green

Other hyponyms of blue include azure, cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue, powder blue, steel blue, Prussian blue, dark blue, navy, navy blue, aqua, aquamarine, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise, purplish blue, royal blue, ultramarine, cornflower blue, bluishness.

blue (noun)	cobalt blue (noun)
any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae	a shade of blue tinged with green
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic	greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina
blue clothing
blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
the sky as viewed during daylight
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

blue (adjective)	cobalt blue (adjective)
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
filled with melancholy and despondency
causing dejection
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
morally rigorous and strict
used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
suggestive of sexual impropriety
characterized by profanity or cursing

blue (verb)	cobalt blue (verb)
turn blue

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