Converse of object

• banish: March 10th Town temporarily banish the away-day blues with a 2-2 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

• sing: Did he break out the Muddy Waters albums and sing the blues?

Adjective modifier

• pale: This meant that newer coaches appeared very pale blue in color, becoming more white or cream with time.

• dark: The areas of the ocean shown dark blue / purple are areas where there is not much life.

• bright: The best colors to wear are red or maroon and royal or bright blue, really helping to show a fish up well.

• vivid: This polarizing capability is what makes the tapetum the vivid blue which startled Ms Dacke.

• royal: Shown here in Raspberry but available in red, pink or royal blue.

Modifies a noun

• sky: There where no allied aircraft to be seen anywhere in the blue sky.

• eye: The anger he saw in the blue eyes couldn't hide the pain in Daniel's soul.

• jean: Think of them as like DVD region coding, only for blue jeans.

• plaque: English Heritage receives about 100 suggestions for blue plaques each year, all of which come from members of the public.

• tit: To dispel any doubt, Mitchell has had a dead blue tit stuffed.

• badge: The blue badge gives British badge holders parking advantages across Europe.

Noun used with modifier

• methylene: Methylene blue is a good example of a polychrome stain, which in this context really does amount to unpredictability.

• navy: The change strip is a similar design but is colored sky and navy blue.

• turquoise: The sea is a deep turquoise blue and the mountains are strikingly green.

• holly: Looking it up in the book it's what I suspected it was; a holly blue.

• sky: Most commonly asked question:- ' Why is the sky blue?

• cornflower: Aubergine, army green, muted coral and cornflower blue are most prevalent with accents of white here and there.