light-green
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- adjective
- /laɪt ɡriːn/
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verde claro
- I noticed that you wore a yellow blouse with light-green dots yesterday.
- light-green leaves
- light-green foliage
- light-green paint
This one is a light green minty colored one.
- This one is a light green minty colored one.
- Often times they'll change from a light green to a brown color, like a tan color.
- But the Flamingo room, which is like a suite is all pink and light green and very Palm Springs.
- They've got all of these pastels, iMacs, iPads, this laptop, all these like, yeah, light green, light red.
- This is just a lot softer, a little bit more pastels, a little bit like a like a light green and purples and a little bit softer.
Examples
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Small, dimpled fruits turn from light green to yellow as they ripen.
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A once-elegant parlor had been painted light green and unsparingly illuminated with overhead fluorescent lighting.
Fiction book (1990) -
His eyes were a light green color that stood out from his dark tan.
Fiction book (1997) -
He's the fellow with the light green felt hat.
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In spring, small buds on tree branches open and tiny, light-green leaves appear.
Fiction book (2000) -
Reddish tiles covered the floor; faded light-green paint on the walls.
Fiction book (1997) -
The leaves are thin and delicate, light-green, and fringed on the tips.
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Mama was wearing a heavy brown sweater and a light green headscarf.
Synonyms
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Having the color between blue and yellow like fresh grass
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A little like the color of leaves
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A light green color that is between blue and yellow
A light green color like the pale green of a jewel
A green color like a gem, often slightly blue or yellow
Antonyms
How Green
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word light-green joins light (meaning 'pale' or 'not strong') and green (meaning 'the color of plants' or 'fresh grass'), so it describes a soft, pale green like young leaves or spring grass.