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chrome green

noun

  1. 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

  1. any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
  2. any green pigment containing chromic oxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chrome green1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

The British brand’s new Curve calf leather bag comes in colors including lime green, chrome green, Welsh red and ultramarine blue.

A third pigment was provided by chromium oxide - "chrome green".

From BBC

To keep costs down they built only two venues, adapting the rest and dressing them up in touches of hot magenta, chrome green and other shades that would pop on TV.

The leaves are roundish, of a beautiful, bright chrome green, highly polished, and the delicate flowers are rose-pink.

The purple-blue of cobalt, the chrome green or yellow of chromium, the dichroic canary-colour of uranium and the violet of manganese, are constant.

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