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🟩 A yellow-green 🥃 A herbal liqueur 🟩 Yellow-green colored
chartreuse

chartreuse

8.2
Having a pale yellow-green color like new leaves
  • adjective
  • /ʃɑrˈtrɜrz/
translation icon : chartreuse
  • The walls were painted in a soft chartreuse shade, creating a calming atmosphere in the room.

This one is a really, really intense like chartreuse color.

Examples

  • It's almost like a chartreuse green with a purple tip on it.

  • So deeper green with kind of that chartreuse variegation.

  • Let's do the chartreuse on the left, Chartreuse on the water line.

  • So the whole thing is lined in this chartreuse the top is quilted.

  • So the whole thing is lined in this chartreuse the top is quilted.

  • She wore a dress that was a vibrant chartreuse, standing out beautifully against the lush greenery.

  • For the party, we chose chartreuse tablecloths to add a touch of elegance to the decorations.

Synonyms

greenish yellow
vschartreuse
1 3.1

A yellow color with a little green

is a paler mix that leans slightly more toward green
olive-green
vschartreuse
2.9

A yellowish green color slightly lighter than dark green

leans more toward yellow and appears paler overall
yellow green
vschartreuse
1.7

A light green color that looks partly yellow

is paler and shows a softer yellow than this green based shade

Surface Forms

chartreuse positive

Etymology

To describe something as chartreuse means it has the pale yellow-green color of the liqueur 'chartreuse', so the adjective simply points to that drink-like color.