And we’re back with another installment of one of my favorite writing tools — a descriptive kaleidoscope of color synonyms created by a gentleman who is blind but had his sight until he was 11. Today’s spin of the color wheel focuses on GREEN!
Apple Green: A moderate or vivid yellow green to light or strong yellowish green
Alpine Green: A fresh bright green
Bottle Green: Light to moderate green
Celery Green: A pale green
Chartreuse: A strong to brilliant greenish yellow to moderate or strong yellow green
Cyan: Greenish blue
Electric Green: Metallic illuminating bright green
Emerald: A strong vibrant green
Evergreen: Fresh dark green
Forrest Green: Brighter than Evergreen, but still fresh like foliage
Hunter Green: Dark green, bordering on black
Jade: A pale variant of Emerald
Kelly Green: A bright green leaning toward yellowish
Khaki Green: Olive green
Lime: Yellow green
Metallic Green: Silvery, or somewhat reflective green
Mint Green: Pale to light green
Moss Green: A moderate yellow green to grayish or moderate olive, or dark yellowish green
Olive: A yellowish green where green is still the dominant color
Pea Green: Moderate to dark green
Pine Green: A fresh dark green
Sea Green: Greenish blue
Spring Green: Fresh new light to medium green
Teal: Moderate bluish green to greenish blue
Turtle Shell Green: Light to dark green
In case you missed them, check out the earlier entries for “Red” and “Blue.”
The word "chartreuse" looks awesome! It's one to remember.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it though? :)
Deletethat's an awesome description of colour there xx
ReplyDeleteWow, I've never thought of how many types of green there actually is. When I write description I just write green, you know, I always thought that covered it, but not anymore. This is pretty awesome.
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