olive-green
- noun
- /ˈɑlɪv ɡrin/
:
verde olivo
Examples
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Previously, all monuments and machinery were painted in military olive green.
Academic text (2003) -
Navy and air force uniforms were considered more glamorous than the army's drab olive green.
Academic text (2003) -
The drop-waisted skirt was horizontally striped in alternating olive-green and purple bars.
Fiction book (1990) -
He pocketed a giant bull's-eye, the olive-green shell bulbous and unchipped.
Fiction book (1991) -
And we want to go to India to study Eastern religions. "I want to go to law school," Yvonne confessed, smoking her cigarette and using an ancient, half-melted olive-green plastic ashtray.
Fiction book (1990) -
The garden was filled with plants that had beautiful olive-green leaves, adding a fresh touch to the landscape.
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He chose an olive-green sweater to match the earthy tones of the autumn season.
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The painter mixed colors to achieve the perfect shade of olive-green for the background of his landscape.
Synonyms
130
1.0
A color between blue and yellow like fresh grass
19
3.5
Of a dull yellow-green color often used for clothes
5
3.5
A light green color that is between blue and yellow
4
7.9
A pale yellow-green color like new leaves
1
2.4
A dark yellowish green color like leaves and army uniforms
1
2.7
A green color with a little yellow that looks fresh
A light green color that looks partly yellow
A color between yellow and green like young leaves
A slightly yellow green like fresh peas
A pale yellow-green color like a pistachio nut
A bright green color with a slight yellow tint
A light green color like the pale green of a jewel
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Etymology
Olive-green comes from the olive tree and fruit, because their leaves and skins have a yellowish 'green' color. So olive-green means a yellowish 'green' like an olive.