celadon green

noun

variants or seladon green

: a variable color averaging a grayish yellow green that is yellower and paler than average sage green, greener and stronger than mermaid, yellower, lighter, and stronger than palmetto, and yellower and deeper than celadon

Word History

Etymology

celadon from French céladon; seladon from German

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