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hunter green

American  
Or hunter's green

noun

  1. a dark green color of yellowish cast.


Etymology

Origin of hunter green

First recorded in 1870–75

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In December Gustafson posted a short video to Instagram showing her and her husband, who now works for the club full-time, dropping off bins of hunter green and red envelopes at a local post office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

You can monogram it as well as buy it in other colors: hunter green, black, navy and red.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

The walls glow a slightly glossy hunter green, with murals of Northwest lakes and rivers and rocky coast looking like the inside of an old-timey sleeping bag.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

In Paris, we came across a polite lineup of broken-up furniture against a hunter green fence.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

She was dressed in a riding costume of hunter green, which toned perfectly with the autumnal warmth of her skin.

From Thirty by O'Brien, Howard Vincent