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gray-green

gray-green

3 3.9
A green color mixed with gray
  • adjective
  • /ɡreɪ ɡriːn/
  • US
translation icon : verde grisáceo
  • The swampy plains are gray-green, patchy with algae and a few primitive treelike plants.
  • gray-green moss
  • gray-green leaves
  • gray-green foliage

I mean, she was grey green butt just a trooper.

Examples

  • The vegetation is sparse, gray-green, low to the ground, and defensive.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • "Their glasses touched again, and Seth felt himself drawn into her gray-green eyes.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • " His eyes, through his glasses, were gray-green and somehow out of focus.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Jeff parked behind a gray-green Studebaker, my favorite make of car.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The shark looked huge, its gray-green length moving lazily along just beneath the surface.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Renko shaded his eyes and looked down the beach at his children playing in the gray-green surf.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The sky was soon shut out by the gray-green, mossy canopy of cypress trees.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The mists pressed in thickly on three sides, but before her loomed the gray-green swamp and tea-colored water.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • His eyes shone in the sunlight, a striking shade of gray-green that captured everyone's attention.

  • The landscape was painted with gray-green hues, where the fading light met the rolling hills.

Synonyms

grayish-green
vsgray-green
  • US
1 3.2

A green color mixed with gray

is identical in meaning but uses the key's form
greenish-gray
vsgray-green
  • US
1 3.0

A gray color with a little green in it

is greener in tone rather than mainly grey
olive-colored
vsgray-green
1 3.7

A yellow-green color like green olives

is focused on green mixed with gray, not on yellowish tones
olive-gray
vsgray-green
6.0

A gray color with a hint of olive green

is greener mixed with gray rather than warm green tinges
gray sage
vsgray-green
  • US
4.2

A soft gray-green color used for calm home or clothing styles

is the same subdued mix but without the design connotation

How Gray

gray
  • US
321 1.0
gray-green
  • US
3 3.9
greenish
14 1.0
green
1.0

Surface Forms

gray-green positive

Morphology

gray-green = gray + green (transparent) = gray + green

The combination of 'gray' and 'green' clearly indicates a color that is a mix of the two.

Etymology

The word gray-green is simply a combination of gray and green, like mixing green paint with a little gray to make a softer, quieter color. So gray-green means 'a green with a touch of gray', a calm, soft shade.