olive green

noun

|Updated on: 27 May 2018

Definition of olive green

: a greenish olive

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Recent Examples of olive green from the Web

On the Caribbean island of Margarita, soldiers in olive green uniforms and rifles slung over their shoulders openly wander the market each morning begging merchants for fruits and vegetables.

— Washington Post, "Empty stomachs drive Venezuela soldiers to desert in droves," 18 May 2018
An hour before sunrise one day last spring, Krysten Laib parked her olive green Subaru Legacy on North Fifth Street near the U.S. Mint.

— jason laughlin, Philly.com, "Uber driver who killed herself battled depression, her insurance carrier," 8 May 2018
If olive green and chocolate brown have become part of the sartorial color wheel, why can't pink?

— the editors of gq, GQ, "How to Wear Pink the Right Way, Right Now," 30 Mar. 2018
And while the olive green Von Dutch jumpsuit was surprisingly subdued territory for the artist, Uzi finished it off with a classic Von Dutch hat in bright orange and light blue to take things up a notch.

— rachel hahn, Vogue, "Lil Uzi Vert Ate $1,000 Worth of Crab in a Stella McCartney Sweater," 26 Feb. 2018
Photo: Kyodo/Associated Press The train that carried Kim Jong Un to Beijing closely resembled the one used by his father Kim Jong Il, painted olive green coat with a yellow stripe.

— lucy gilmour, WSJ, "Pyongyang Express: A History of North Korea’s Train Diplomacy," 29 Mar. 2018
Paint drips and drifts in olive green and adobe red.

— cate mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "At PEM, T.C. Cannon’s paintings exult and reproach," 21 Mar. 2018
Halton reports that some of the reactions were quite colorful, burning olive green and purple.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Purple Haze: Alien Atmospheres Recreated In the Lab," 13 Mar. 2018
Bella chose olive green cargo pants and a matching jacket, which featured contrast stitching that was picked out like a bustier—a detail that gave her roomy, utilitarian separates a surprisingly seductive twist.

— maria ward, Vogue, "Bella and Gigi Hadid Fly to Paris in Coordinated Clothes," 26 Feb. 2018

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