Skip to main content
golden-green

golden-green

4.3
Green with a yellow or gold tint
  • adjective
translation icon : verde dorado
  • This is the mercury pigment, and it almost has a bit of a golden green hue to it.
  • light golden-green

Examples

  • In the early morning light, the leaves displayed a beautiful golden-green hue that brightened the garden.

  • Her eyes, usually a light golden green, looked darker, almost black in the oddly shadowed porch light.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The golden-green light of the two bachelor rooms was ideal for a love affair, except that there was no mistress.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The artist chose a golden-green paint to capture the vibrant colors of the spring foliage.

  • As the sun set, the fields shimmered in a golden-green glow, creating a peaceful landscape.

Synonyms

amber-green
vsgolden-green
7.0

A green color with a little yellow-brown tint

has a green shade with a brighter yellow tint

How Green

dark-green
12 1.0
golden-green
4.3
green
130 1.0
greenish
14 1.0

Surface Forms

golden-green positive

Morphology

golden-green = golden + green (transparent) = golden + green

A straightforward hyphenated compound: 'golden' modifies 'green' to indicate a green shade with a golden/yellow tint.

Etymology

Golden-green comes from two simple words: golden ('gold' or 'yellowish') and green ('green'). So it means a green color with a warm, golden glow, like sunlight on leaves.