blueness

Everyday

1. The quality of being blue, or how blue something is. tree →
2. (rare, old-fashioned) A feeling of sadness, from «feeling blue». tree →

In the lessons

In poems and descriptive writing it describes the colour of the sky, the sea or eyes: «the blueness of the sky». In science it can come up when explaining why the sky looks blue. It is a descriptive, slightly literary word.

Examples

• The blueness of the sea surprised us. tree →
• She painted the sky with deep blueness. tree →
• The blueness of his lips showed he was very cold. tree →
• We noticed the blueness of the glacier ice. tree →
• The poem talks about the blueness of the evening. tree →
• Sunlight scattering in air gives the sky its blueness. tree →
• The dragon certainly was beautiful, with his deep, clear Prussian blueness, and his rainbow-colored glitter. tree →

Note

Uncountable noun made from «blue» + -ness. Keep the final e of blue: blue-ness. Health note: blueness of the lips or skin can be a sign that someone needs help quickly.