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hunter green

American  
Or hunter's green

noun

  1. a dark green color of yellowish cast.


Etymology

Origin of hunter green

First recorded in 1870–75

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In December Gustafson posted a short video to Instagram showing her and her husband, who now works for the club full-time, dropping off bins of hunter green and red envelopes at a local post office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

You can monogram it as well as buy it in other colors: hunter green, black, navy and red.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Some of the colors Gallant suggests are a white or neutral for top cabinets or perimeter cabinets and a fun color on an island such as olive green or hunter green.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Instantly, the cabinets that looked so orange next to a stark white wall actually felt charming and balanced out by the cool-toned hunter green.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2022

The trophies that these Kro-lu left to the meat-eaters would have turned an English big-game hunter green with envy.

From The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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