Cerulean comes from Latin caeruleus, which means "dark blue" and is most likely from caelum, "sky."
Examples of cerulean in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBut Emily Blunt’s satin-like pants just made a splash on my (cerulean) blueprint.—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024 Princess Amalia continued color-coordinating for the party in Denmark and matched her sapphire tiara to her cerulean cape dress.—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024 Celine, on the other hand, never strays from her palette of cerulean (very Devil Wears Prada), chocolate and funereal black.—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024 Blunt sizzled in a red Louis Vuitton gown that her character, Emily Charlton, would commend, while Hathaway wore a cerulean blue Versace design, a nod to the iconic scene in which Miranda elegantly scolds Andy for her sartorial naivete.—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024 Top 5 Women at the SAG Awards: The Devil Wears Prada Factor
Hathaway leaned into an iconic moment — and color — from The Devil Wears Prada with her custom Versace gown for the SAG Awards, taking pleasure in talking up cerulean blue during the pre-show on the carpet.—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024 Streep wore, well, Prada; Blunt quoted the film; and Hathaway attended the event in… a cerulean blue gown.—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024 In anticipation of the mini Devil Wears Prada reunion, Hathaway selected an archival Versace dress from 2018 in a stunning shade of—wait for it—cerulean blue.—Sam Reed, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2024 This pair, with side slits, is now half-off, while this cerulean blue pair (cue Meryl Streep’s The Devil Wears Prada monologue) is 70 percent off.—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
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