shade of green

collocation in English

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shade
noun
uk
/ʃeɪd/us
/ʃeɪd/
slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from ...
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green
adjective
uk
/ɡriːn/us
/ɡriːn/
of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour ...
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(Definition ofshadeandgreenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is generally ashadeofgreen.
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Emerald means theshadeofgreencolor.
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The second pattern cover was ashadeofgreen.
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The most common color is an oliveshadeofgreen.
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The first instar is the sameshadeofgreenas its egg.
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The beans should also appear to be a very slightshadeofgreenon the side.
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The stems of most cacti are someshadeofgreen, often bluish or brownish green.
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The exposure also turned his hair a brightshadeofgreen.
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The leaves are the sameshadeofgreenabove and below.
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After that he seldom leaves his bed, becoming a sicklyshadeofgreen.
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They are a darkershadeofgreenon the tops than on the bottoms.
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The eyes have an almond shape and their color can be anyshadeofgreen.
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Is he aware that one cannot pick the rightshadeofgreenand that some shades of green are very obtrusive at some times of the year?
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More recently limited edition models have been made in a darkershadeofgreenas well as black.
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In addition, breastsummer (but not bressummer) can also be used to describe a darkshadeofgreen.
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Through this mutation, his skin, eyes, hair, and even his animal forms are a deepshadeofgreen.
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The upper surface of the leaves are usually a darkershadeofgreenthan the lower surfaces.
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Leaves are elliptical, up to 25 mm long, shiny on both surfaces but a bit lightershadeofgreenbelow.
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The newestshadeofgreenis in very short supply on the secondary market relative to the other glaze colors.
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The leaves are lanceolate or sickle shaped, have almost the sameshadeofgreenon both sides and alternate on the stem.
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Later pressings are a lightershadeofgreenand have a copyright notice printed directly in the lower left corner of the front cover.
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For the compact disc issues of the album, the text on the album was changed and theshadeofgreenwas darker.
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The name of the color comes from theshadeofgreenof the leaves on the trees that were originally used to build bressummers.
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The battledress is generally camouflaged, either in monochrome such as ashadeofgreenor brown to approximate the background, or in a disruptive pattern.
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A second car was painted a darkshadeofgreenwith a black numeral 70 against an off-white square background.
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