Skip to main content
seafoam

seafoam

4.8
Having a pale green-blue color like the bubbles on the sea
  • adjective
  • /ˈsiːfoʊm/
translation icon : color verde espuma
  • So for example, I know that this is kind of like a mint seafoam green crochet knit sweater.

Yeah, I went sort of seafoam, sort of seafoam Pixel six.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • The artist used a seafoam hue in her painting to capture the essence of the coastal landscape.

  • Yeah, I went sort of seafoam, sort of seafoam Pixel six.

  • The walls of the room were painted a beautiful seafoam color that evoked the calmness of the ocean.

  • She chose a seafoam dress for the beach wedding, perfectly matching the waves crashing nearby.

Synonyms

aqua
vsseafoam
16 2.3

A light bluish-green color like sea water

is lighter still with a thin, foamy appearance
aquamarine
vsseafoam
3 4.6

A pale blue-green color like the sea

is paler and has a foamy, almost white greenish touch
greenish blue
vsseafoam
1 2.5

A blue color with a little green in it

is much paler and carries a frothy, foamlike impression
sea green
vsseafoam
1 1.5

A green color like the sea

is much paler and shows a delicate foamy quality
sea-green
vsseafoam
1.4

A blue-green color like the sea

is paler and suggests sea foam rather than deep water
bluish green
vsseafoam
2.7

Green with a small blue tone

is paler and feels airier and more foamy in tone
viridian
vsseafoam
7.7

A blue-green color like fresh pine leaves

is lighter and less intense, evoking pale foamy water
bluey
vsseafoam
5.4

Slightly blue in color like a pale sky

is paler and leans more toward a pale, foamy greenish look

How Green

green
130 1.0
peppermint
1 2.7
seafoam
4.8

Surface Forms

seafoam positive

Morphology

seafoam = sea + foam (semi-transparent) = sea + foam

The color term is clearly motivated by the compound 'sea foam', but the exact shade is conventional rather than fully predictable.

Etymology

Seafoam as an adjective comes from sea + foam, so it means 'having the pale greenish-blue look of sea foam'. So calling something seafoam describes its colour as like the light, foamy blue-green of the sea.