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🍬 A mint sweet 🌿 An aromatic herb 🌳 A gum tree 🟩 A pale green
peppermint

peppermint

1 2.7
A pale cool green colour like young mint leaves used in design
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛpərˌmɪnt/
translation icon : verde menta
  • The living room featured peppermint pillows that added a cool touch to the warm decor.
  • peppermint color

Examples

  • She chose a peppermint dress for the summer party, matching the light color of the leaves.

  • Over stripes of peppermint and points of trees.

    Blog text (18)

  • Hilarious about the green peppermints!

    Blog text (14)

  • Peppermint and lemon scents are known to energize.

    Academic text (2008)

  • My mother's house stands out, for it has been painted by a grandson in the palest peppermint with a faded cornflower blue door and perhaps some thought of Pissarro.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The walls of the kitchen were painted a soft peppermint green, creating a refreshing atmosphere.

Compounds

peppermint oil
1 3.4

A strong oil from the peppermint plant used to add flavour and help with digestion

peppermint candy
1 1.5

A small hard sweet with a strong mint taste often red and white

peppermint patty
  • US
1 3.4

A small round chocolate with a soft mint filling

peppermint gum
  • Australian
8.1

A tall tree from Tasmania with leaves that smell like mint

How Green

green
130 1.0
peppermint
1 2.7
seafoam
4.8

Surface Forms

peppermint singular
peppermints plural

Morphology

peppermint = pepper + mint (semi-transparent) = pepper + mint

The compound suggests something associated with the peppermint plant, but the exact use as a conventional pale green colour name is not directly derivable from the two parts alone.

Etymology

Peppermint as a colour is named after the plant's pale green leaves, so calling something 'peppermint' means it has a soft, fresh green like the mint plant.