forest green
Americannoun
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Origin of forest green
First recorded in 1800–10
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At a game watch party in Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles’ most historic and prominent Mexican American communities, the crowd was nearly entirely dressed in Mexico’s forest green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The bags first became a “must-need item” last year — with the store releasing the mini totes in navy, yellow, red and forest green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
It was a deep forest green and managed to warm up the gray living room.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2023
On the street outside, a forest green maintenance vehicle with a poster of a young Mullah Omar — the founder of the Taliban movement — plastered on the windshield raced past.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Hester was no beauty; she was about as plain and scrawny as a hare could be; but her eyes were marvelously colored, gold-hazel flecked with rays of deepest peat brown and forest green.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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