chrome green

noun

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

Origin of chrome green

First recorded in 1875–80

Words Nearby chrome green

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How to use chrome green in a sentence

The chrome green of the oil and colour shops is a mixture of chrome yellow and Prussian green.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
In the following month the 2c was chronicled, its color being given as “a delicate chrome-green.”
The Stamps of Canada | Bertram Poole
Immature males sometimes present a curiously mottled appearance with chrome-green and red intermingled.
The Birds of Washington (Volume 1 of 2) | William Leon Dawson
chrome green is prepared as a paint pigment from nitrate of lead, Chinese blue, and bichromate of soda.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. Gardner
The most suitable colours will be found to be Venetian red, Prussian blue, chrome green.
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British Dictionary definitions for chrome green

chrome green

noun

any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
any green pigment containing chromic oxide

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