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blue-purple; blue-violet; indigo-purple
A color that is a blend of blue and purple, leaning more toward the blue end. A compound of 青 (blue) and 紫 (purple).
空が青紫に染まった。
The sky was dyed blue-purple.
青紫の紫陽花が咲いている。
Blue-purple hydrangeas are blooming.
夕暮れの空が青紫から濃紺に変わっていく様子が美しかった。
It was beautiful watching the evening sky change from blue-purple to dark navy.
A compound color name combining 青 (blue) and 紫 (purple). This is a common pattern in Japanese for naming intermediate colors. The color sits between blue and purple on the spectrum.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 青紫の花: blue-purple flowers
- 青紫に染まる: to be dyed blue-purple
- 青紫色: blue-purple color
RELATED TERMS:
- 紫: purple — one of the component colors
- 青: blue — the other component color
- 赤紫: red-purple; magenta — the opposite blend, leaning toward red
- 藍: indigo — a deep blue-violet dye and color with historical significance in Japan