viridian

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The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025

For instance: Anyone who’s seen “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” knows it’s not the viridian vanquisher whose wrath Gawain should fear, but the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog!

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2021

Beyond the home’s awnings, the sun had bleached our synthetic turf, which graded through to a deeper viridian under the trees at the end of the lot — a Rothko flung outdoors.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

The long curtains at the large front window are the viridian green of vintage Easters.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2010

She’d tried to steal a new bandanna for herself—all viridian with gold paisley, much finer than her faded red one—but the clothier had noticed.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee