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🎨 A paint pigment 🟩 A bright color
chrome green

chrome green

6.2
A vivid green color often used in paint and dye
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : verde cromo
  • The artist mixed chrome green with other pigments to achieve the perfect shade for the landscape.

Examples

  • Manufacturers often use chrome green in outdoor paint because of its durability and brightness.

  • Her dress was a vivid chrome green that caught everyone's attention at the party.

  • The artist prefers to use chrome green in her landscapes.

  • I bought some chrome greens for my painting project.

  • Her dress was a vivid chrome green that caught everyone's attention at the party.

  • Manufacturers often use chrome green in outdoor paint because of its durability and brightness.

  • The artist mixed chrome green with other pigments to achieve the perfect shade for the landscape.

Synonyms

Windsor green
vschrome green
  • Specialized
9.0

A bright light green used as a paint colour

is a broader vivid pigment term not limited to a light artist formula
Paris green
vschrome green
8.0

A bright green color with a slight yellow tint

is a more pure vivid hue rather than slightly yellowish ones

How Green

chrome green
  • Archaic
6.2
dark-green
12 1.0
olive green
1 2.4
greenish
14 1.0

Surface Forms

chrome green singular
chrome greens plural

Morphology

chrome + green

The phrase directly combines 'chrome' (a chromium-based pigment/compound) with 'green', so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a green color or pigment made with chromium. This is a straightforward color-noun compound found cross-linguistically (e.g., verde cromo/vert de chrome), making the meaning immediately compositional and transparent.

Etymology

Chrome green was named after the metal chrome because makers used it to make a bright green pigment. In the 1800s they mixed a chrome yellow with a blue to get this vivid color, so today 'chrome green' means a bright, lasting green used in paints and dyes.