celadon
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- noun
- /ˈsɛləˌdɒn/
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celadón
- Art patrons enjoyed beautiful things: manicured gardens, cobalt blue, celadon and crackled glaze porcelains, carved lacquers, antiques, and beautiful people.
- celadon green
- celadon color
- celadon silk
Examples
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Yara had given the American man a celadon green cut velvet scarf that had been made for her by an artist in the city where she lives.
Fiction book (1999) -
The celadon walls were hung with oversized abstracts, and the elegantly curved sofas around the watered green art table were unfamiliar.
Fiction book (1991) -
Do you need a really expensive celadon green color?
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Many of the models are made of a strange celadon green material.
Fiction book (1994) -
See how this little bit of celadon in the border... is picked up by these cushions on the sofa?
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But now I'm creating these like dusty roses and these muted celadon jade colors, which I really like.
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Carrot fronds are her hair; the slick celadon crack of a broken honeydew is hers and tastes cool, then warm.
Fiction book (1997) -
It sparkles with the tell-tale celadon-green shimmer of Fibrerock.
Fiction book (1994) -
The living room was beautifully decorated with celadon ceramic vases on the shelves.
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She chose a celadon sofa to match the soft green curtains in her home.
Synonyms
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A light green color that is between blue and yellow
How Pale
Surface Forms
Etymology
Celadon as a color name began with the gentle green used on Asian ceramics and, by one popular story, from the French name Celadon; so celadon refers to the 'pale, soft green' often used in design and fashion.