pea green

pea green (plural pea greens)

1. A medium green colour, like that of peas.

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pea green (not comparable)

1. Of a yellowish green colour, like that of peas.
   • 1939 June, T.R. Perkins, “My Red-Letter Day - II”, in Railway Magazine, page 400:

     The pea-green colour of the South-Western engines, with the curious buff-and-amber of the carriages, was also a novelty, as were the raised top-decks of the older guards' vans.

• Appendix:Colors

• green pea