how to form the comparative of color-adjectives Bluer and redder are normal words for me I would use them to refer to a purer or more intense version of the color For darker or lighter comparisons, I would use those terms -- that rose is a darker red than this one; the sky is a lighter blue in the morning
comparative degree of color - WordReference Forums Bluer is an acceptable comparative form of blue, but it is not commonly used, I wouldn't say That could simply be because there is little occasion to use it However, I might be more tempted to say "more blue" myself
Redder,Bluer. . . | WordReference Forums Se dice lighter blue, darker yellow etc bluer, bluest blacker, blackest redder, reddest pinker, pinkest whiter, whitest all sound fine Yellow is the problem I tend to say more yellow before I say "yellower " Right or wrong I'm not sure
bluer than velvet was the night - WordReference Forums Hi, I heard a couple of sentences with than in the lyrics of a song called Blue Velvet Here are they: She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light I can't understand the sentence pattern: bluer than velvet was the night What does it mean? How to view
bluer more justified for being blue - WordReference Forums Hi, Here's an expression: By 2008 Beijing will be a city with a bluer sky,clearer water and greener land I wonder if the expression implys to native speakers that before 2008, Beijing's sky was not blue,water was not clear, land was not green Obviously, this was not exactly what the
do you compare colors? - WordReference Forums I have heard the comparison that something is "more" red or "more" blue, etc especially when talking about hybrid colors (distinguishing between teal, aqua, blue-green, green-blue, etc) I have also heard "redder" "bluer" "greener", etc but I am not sure if this is gramatically correct A good example of this is the expression "The grass is always greener on the other side"
Explanation of a sentence: Which is bluer? - WordReference Forums I'm reading an art tutorial book and the following sentence puzzles me: "Holes between branches through which sky appears may be surrounded by more vivid blue than that of the sky showing through, painted into the darks surrounding the opening" Does it mean that the sky surrounding the branches is bluer than the sky trapped within the holes?
Yellow, yellower, yellowest? | WordReference Forums Yellow yellowish -a bit yellow yellower - comparative = more yellow yellowest - superlative = most yellow This is a standard form Presumably a banana would progress to: blackish blacker blackest
jacque le bluer - WordReference Forums a movie saying usually said in a suprised state "Jacque le bleur!" spelling i am sure is incorrect but I have heard it may times does anyone know the correct spelling and english translation?
a something behind and beyond | WordReference Forums That all great art has this power of suggesting a world beyond is undeniable In some moods, Nature shares it There is no sky in June so blue that it does not point forward to a bluer, no sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision of a greater beauty, a vision which passes before it