British racing green

noun

variants or British Racing Green

: a dark green color often with blue or black undertones

He showed off a 1958 MGA, a British sports car, in British racing green.

—Nollyanne Delacruz

British Racing Green has been a popular color choice for a wide range of street cars, ranging from Jaguars and Bentleys all the way to the original Mazda Miata …

—Benjamin Hunting

Available in 14 colors, including claret, aubergine and British racing green, the range has four separate ovens …

—Angélica M. Pence

As English auto manufacturers are nothing if not an independent lot, there has never been one true shade of British racing green.

—Adam Kaslikowski

—abbreviation BRG

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above