1.   They are the size and shape of chipolata sausages but the most extraordinary colour, slaty metallic blue.

2.   He is metallic blue with black coin dots in bands across his body.

3.   If you must have music wherever you go, consider this affordable metallic blue personal CD player by RCA.

4.   Like the new JamCam, the Jam-It comes in metallic blue or silver.

5.   The water, dozens of feet deep over the reactor core, was metallic blue, a hue created by light reflecting off boron and other chemicals.

6.   The first time, a young visitor painted his two big toenails a metallic blue, a color favored by halter-topped teens.

7.   They showed a preference for the model painted metallic blue, powered by a turbo diesel engine and with five doors.