pistachio green

American  

noun

1. a light or medium shade of yellow green.

---

Etymology

Origin of pistachio green

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

The pistachio green sweater coat that my grandmother knitted for my mother in the early 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times

When he was at Georg Jensen, which was founded in 1904, he began an initiative to reproduce the company’s stainless-steel Koppel pitcher in cobalt blue, pistachio green and other colors, all of which were released last year.

From Seattle Times

Walters spent part of her childhood in a vast penthouse in Manhattan and a pistachio green mansion in Miami, where her father opened a Florida version of the Latin Club.

From Los Angeles Times

Sabyasachi put together unusual color combinations in a palette of tea-dyed stains — old rose, pistachio green, pale blue — entirely his own, and styled his models with books and big glasses.

From New York Times

This time, Andrew dropped the sandal’s signature backstrap and wrapped the F-heel shape in nappa leather rather than clear plastic, creating a softer, more feminine mule in a pale buttercup yellow, a pistachio green and a pearlescent-beaded black.

From New York Times