To sign blue in ASL, form a B handshape: fingers straight and together, thumb across the palm. Hold it up beside your shoulder with the fingers pointing up and twist the hand back and forth from the forearm a few times. The wrist stays straight while the forearm turns.
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How to sign it
Handshape: B, the fingers straight and together, the thumb folded across the palm.
Location: beside the shoulder on the same side, at about chin height.
Movement: twist the hand back and forth from the forearm a few times.
Palm orientation: the palm faces forward and a little to the side.
Use it in a sentence
DAD EYE BLUE.
Dad has blue eyes.
This video matches Lifeprint: a B hand twisted from the elbow. Lifeprint adds that the hand can point more upward or more forward; both are fine.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/b/blue.htm.
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