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Blue ?

Right again, Rusty. Chambers has all three - livid, intellectual and make a mistake - listed under 'Blue'.

Now, I was not certain about "blue/livid", but I think there is an expression, "blue in the face", if you go wild.
So that convinced me!

We could go blue in the face because of the big helpings of spam. Blue = livid is the second definition in Chambers, that surprised me.

I remember a TV series, years ago, about Aussie troops fighting in Europe.
One of the lads had ginger hair, and he was called "Bluey".
I have no idea why the Aussies call gingers, "Bluey".

Rusty, your ginger, Bluey stuff was interesting so I investigated - and there seems to be no specific, definitive answer!

Hello, Malone!
No, seems a bit odd, though.
I see Chambers has Bluey/ginger headed person.

and there was the very enjoyable Aussie TV series featuring "Bluey" a few years ago