Brunswick green

English

Etymology

Named after Brunswick (Braunschweig) in Germany.

Noun

Brunswick green (countable and uncountable, plural Brunswick greens)

1. Any of various dark green pigments, usually from copper compounds.

   Hypernym: pigment

   Coordinate terms: (copper and arsenic) Paris green, Scheele's green; (chromium) viridian; (cobalt) cobalt green

2. The dark green colour of any of these pigments.

   Synonym: English green

   Hypernym: green

   Coordinate term: see Appendix:Colors § Greens

   • 1962 March, Brian Haresnape, “Design in 1961—a Retrospect”, in Modern Railways, page 192:

     The livery, standard Brunswick Green with greyish-white cab window recess and a continuous light green band along the bottom edge of the bodywork, is the most satisfactory use of green to date, [...].