forest green

noun

: a dark yellowish or moderate olive green

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Each piece also combines a complex palette of colors, like splashes of terra-cotta, forest green, and black on a neutral base of beige, taupe, or tan. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025 Aside from the boots, the actor wore a forest green, black, and navy blue tartan blazer and a cobalt blue turtleneck sweater. Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2025 The former West Wing adviser wore a Dior dark forest green skirt suit with a thin black belt and a coordinating beret-style hat to the Inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol’s rotunda. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025 Bettmann Ivanka, who attended the inaugural ceremonies earlier in the day in a forest green Dior skirt suit and matching beret, seemed to appeal to a more traditional conservative aesthetic with her choice, drawing on 1950s and ‘60s femininity. Sam Reed, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forest green

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of forest green was in 1810

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“Forest green.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20green. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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