chrome green

chrome green
noun
1. any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue
• Hypernyms: ↑pigment
• Hyponyms: ↑Windsor green
2. a brilliant green color
• Hypernyms: ↑green, ↑greenness, ↑viridity

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noun
1.
(1) : a chromic oxide either anhydrous or hydrated
(2) : any of several similar green pigments consisting essentially of some chromic salt (as the phosphate) — compare chrome oxide green
b. : any of various brilliant green pigments essentially mixtures of chrome yellow and iron blue, often with barite or clay, used as oil colors, in printing inks, and in textile printing — called also Brunswick green
2. : any of several mordant acid dyes
3.
a. : any of several yellowish greens that are mixtures of characteristic colors of iron blue and chrome yellow including three with varying amounts of white pigment:
b. : viridian 2
c. : the color of chromic oxide

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the permanent green color made from chromic oxide, or any similar pigment made largely from chromic oxide, used chiefly in printing textiles.
[1875-80]

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chrome green,
any one of several green pigments containing chromium, used in paints and dyes and in textile printing. The chrome greens consist chiefly of chromic oxide. Formula: Cr2O3

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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