Scheele's green

American  

noun

1. copper arsenite used as a pigment, especially in paints.

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Etymology

Origin of Scheele's green

First recorded in 1810–20; named after K.W. Scheele

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Scheele's green

And in the Victorian period, some publishers used binding cloth dyed with colors like Scheele’s green, an industrially produced hue also containing arsenic.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

Now I do not say that a country looks inviting when it is coloured in Scheele’s green or a bilious yellow, but these colours may arise from lack of artistic gift in the cartographer. 

From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.

Gas-light green is a lovely green, and free from all danger, and is fortunately superseding the Scheele's green both in dresses and in worsted work.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry

It is injurious to wear a green dress, if the colour have been imparted to it by means of Scheele's green, which is arsenite of copper—a deadly poison.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry

Any of the arsenical insecticides may be used, as Paris green, Scheele's green, arsenate of lead, etc.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.