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Indefinite article A with colour – A CLEAR BLUE?

can we use articles with colours in English? Can we say a clear blue?




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Thank you to Alexander in Belarus for this question about last week’s IELTS blog. He asked why I said 


The sky was a clear, deep blue, with only a few light clouds…”, as he thought the indefinite article A was a misprint, and that the correct sentence would be either


“The sky was clear, deep blue, with only a few light clouds…” or


“The sky was a clear one, deep blue, with only a few light clouds…”

This is a very good question. My sentence is correct, and…


We often use this structure, A + COLOUR ADJECTIVE, when we are referring to the quality of a colour. 


So “The sky was a clear, deep blue” means


“The sky was a clear, deep blue colour“, or 


“The sky was a clear, deep shade of blue”. 

However, Alexander you are absolutely right, we do not need the A here, and both your sentences are also correct. If you are new to DailyStep, you can get 5 free lessons here


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