watercress
- adjective
- /ˈwɔːtərˌkrɛs/
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- The designer chose a watercress shade for the walls to create a calming effect.
Examples
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Her scarf was dyed a rich watercress color, complementing her green eyes.
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She wore a watercress dress to the garden party.
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Painters often mix their own watercress hue for vibrant landscape scenes.
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The walls were painted a lovely shade of watercress.
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The artist selected a watercress shade for her painting to evoke the lushness of nature.
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For her new bedroom, she painted the walls in a soothing watercress color.
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He chose a watercress hue for the cushions to add a fresh touch to the living room.
Synonyms
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A soft green color with a yellow tint like fresh peas
A medium yellowish green darker than pea green and greener than moss green
A medium yellow-green like fresh young plant leaves
A light green color that looks partly yellow
Compounds
A water plant with peppery edible leaves that grows in cool streams in the United States
A plant with yellow flowers that grows in wet places and people use in salads or see as a weed
How Green
Surface Forms
Morphology
watercress = watercress (semi-transparent) = water + cress
The adjective is formed by conversion from the plant name, but the exact color value is conventional rather than fully predictable.
Etymology
Watercress as a colour name comes from the plant watercress and describes a rich 'yellow-green' like its leaves, so think of the plant's deep, fresh green when you imagine this color.