forest green
Americannoun
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- forest-green adjective
Etymology
Origin of forest green
First recorded in 1800–10
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These striking pants, based on an actual 1940s quilt, emulate the handmade warmth and quirkiness of the quilts we love with their zigzag stitches and blocks of pink, forest green, maroon and navy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023
She was in her 60s with a smart gray bob and a forest green apron that smelled like frosting and menthols.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023
The color palette consisted of soft earthy tones set off by olive and forest green with a surge of crimson in sportswear and a final smattering of weekend dandy looks.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023
In “Then, Last Time IV,” also 1985, white encroaches from the edges where another peak of blue-white seems to erupt toward a calligraphic explosion of pure, unmixed forest green in bluntly flat wide strokes.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022
The tearoom’s dampened gas lamps and forest green walls gave the establishment a cave-like feel.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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