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robin's egg blue

German translation: zart hellblau


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English term or phrase:robin\'s egg blue
German translation:zart hellblau
Entered by: Jutta Wappel
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10:48 Mar 21, 2011
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English term or phrase: robin's egg blue
Probably a very easy question - but unfortunately one I don't know the answer to ;-)

This refers to the colour of the boxes jewellery or perfume sometimes come in ... there's really no further context.

Thanks !
Jutta Wappel
Local time: 11:23
zart hellblau
Explanation:
Rotkehlcheneier sind leicht grünlich-blau gefärbt.

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Wiemeyer
Local time: 11:23
Grading comment
Danke :-)
Zart hellblau gefällt mir sehr gut und passt auch schön in meinen Text.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Türkis
Ilona Brophy-Lehmann
4 +1zart hellblauWiemeyer
2Himmelblau
Ulrike MacKay


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Türkis


Explanation:
Mir ist kein genauerer Begriff bekannt.


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Ilona Brophy-Lehmann
Austria
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ruth Wöhlk: scheint mir am Besten zu passen
3 hrs
  -> Danke!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
zart hellblau


Explanation:
Rotkehlcheneier sind leicht grünlich-blau gefärbt.



Wiemeyer
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Grading comment
Danke :-)
Zart hellblau gefällt mir sehr gut und passt auch schön in meinen Text.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ruth Wöhlk: eben: grünlich-blau, also in Richtung türkis
3 hrs
agree  Horst Huber: Das Wörterbuch sagt grünlich-blau, und klassifiziert es als Amerikanismus. Wohl nicht ausdrücklich "turquoise"?
13 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Himmelblau


Explanation:
eine weitere Alternative, unter der sich die meisten (potentiellen) Kunden wohl (leider) mehr vorstellen können, als unter der Farbe von Rotkehlcheneiern... :-(

Gleichzeitig eine ebenso naturverbundene Variante, die die "Leichtigkeit" beispielsweise eines Parfums betont.

Beste Frühlingsgrüße,
Ulrike

Ulrike MacKay
Germany
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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