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Definition of Dark-green
1. Adjective. Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass. "Green paint"
Similar to: Chromatic
Derivative terms: Green, Greenness, Greenishness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dark-green
Literary usage of Dark-green
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"FR 2:388, where Taplin says it has a tufted much-branched habit, dark green Ivs.
about Vain, wide, not so stiff as most species; spines short, whitish. ..."
2. Color Standards and Color Nomenclature by Robert Ridgway (1912)
"... 57"' Dark Grayish Olive XLVI 21"" Dark Green XVIII 35' Dark Green-Blue Gray
XLVIII 45"" Dark Green-Blue Slate XLVIII 45"" Dark Greenish Glaucous. ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"If the eyes are green, dark green may bo used, but they are not so frequently in
this type. White, by casting reflected lights, clears the complexion. ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Lvs. sagittate and sinuate, dark green above with lighter areas, ... lanceolate and
long-pointed, dark green ; petioles purple-spotted, winged. ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Sam, which is ordinarily about 8 feet long, and weighs about 75 pounds ; skin
smooth and dark green, very short nose, and head as it were within Us belly ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"The colors about an atoll vary from the purple waters off shore to the green,
shallow water, the white coral strand, the olive brown reef with dark green ..."
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