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chrome green
noun
- the permanent green color made from chromic oxide, or any similar pigment made largely from chromic oxide, used chiefly in printing textiles.
chrome green
noun
- any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
- any green pigment containing chromic oxide
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chrome green1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
The chrome green of the oil and colour shops is a mixture of chrome yellow and Prussian green.
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In the following month the 2c was chronicled, its color being given as “a delicate chrome-green.”
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Immature males sometimes present a curiously mottled appearance with chrome-green and red intermingled.
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Chrome green is prepared as a paint pigment from nitrate of lead, Chinese blue, and bichromate of soda.
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The most suitable colours will be found to be Venetian red, Prussian blue, chrome green.
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