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chrome green

noun

  1. the permanent green color made from chromic oxide, or any similar pigment made largely from chromic oxide, used chiefly in printing textiles.


chrome green

noun

  1. any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
  2. any green pigment containing chromic oxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chrome green1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

The chrome green of the oil and colour shops is a mixture of chrome yellow and Prussian green.

In the following month the 2c was chronicled, its color being given as “a delicate chrome-green.”

Immature males sometimes present a curiously mottled appearance with chrome-green and red intermingled.

Chrome green is prepared as a paint pigment from nitrate of lead, Chinese blue, and bichromate of soda.

The most suitable colours will be found to be Venetian red, Prussian blue, chrome green.

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