viridian
Americannoun
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a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment, consisting of a hydrated oxide of chromium.
noun
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a green pigment consisting of a hydrated form of chromic oxide
Etymology
Origin of viridian
1880–85; < Latin viridi ( s ) green + -an
Example Sentences
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The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025
For instance: Anyone who’s seen “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” knows it’s not the viridian vanquisher whose wrath Gawain should fear, but the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog!
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2021
The playwright meticulously unwraps his psychology, interrupting the churlish commentary with lush and tender descriptions of color, like the “magenta, crimson lake, viridian, burnt sienna, cinnabar green” he’s putting to use in a painting.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2021
Beyond the home’s awnings, the sun had bleached our synthetic turf, which graded through to a deeper viridian under the trees at the end of the lot — a Rothko flung outdoors.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
She’d tried to steal a new bandanna for herself—all viridian with gold paisley, much finer than her faded red one—but the clothier had noticed.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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