Brunswick green
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Brunswick (Braunschweig) in Germany.
Noun
editBrunswick green (countable and uncountable, plural Brunswick greens)
- Any of various dark green pigments, usually from copper compounds.
- The dark green colour of any of these pigments.
- Synonym: English green
- 1962 March, Brian Haresnape, “Design in 1961—a Retrospect”, in Modern Railways, page 192:
- The livery, standard Brunswick Green with greyish-white cab window recess and a continuous light green band along the bottom edge of the bodywork, is the most satisfactory use of green to date, [...].