Paris green

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Noun

Paris green (countable and uncountable, plural Paris greens)

1. Copper(II) acetoarsenite, a highly toxic blue-green compound used as a pigment, colorant, insecticide and rodenticide.

   Hypernym: pigment

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

Adjective

Paris green (not comparable)

1. Of a shade of pale green, originally produced with copper(II) acetoarsenite.

   Hypernym: green

   Coordinate terms: malachite; more at Appendix:Colors § Greens

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