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viridian

viridian noun: a bluish-green pigment made from chromium sesquioxide.

Noun

viridian (countable and uncountable, plural viridians)

A bluish-green pigment made from chromium sesquioxide.
- It would be difficult to exaggerate the value of this addition to the artist’s palette. The colour of viridian is a very deep bluish green of great purity and transparency. It furnishes, with aureolin on the one hand and with ultramarine on the other, an immense number of beautiful hues, adapted to...1890, Arthur Herbert Church, chapter 16, in The Chemistry of Paints and Painting, 3rd edition, London: Seeley & Co., published 1901, page 195
- Then Miss Sloviak emerged from the ladies' room, hair reestablished, cheeks rouged, eyelids freshly painted a soft viridian, smelling of what I recognised as Cristalle, the fragrance worn both by my wife, Emily, and also by my lover, Sara Gaskell.1995, Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys, Ch.1, at p.16
Synonyms:

Mittler's green
A bluish-green color.

Adjective

viridian (comparative more viridian, superlative most viridian)

Of a bluish green colour.
- spring sweeps the wood’s cathedral nave
  with the green fury of a wave,
  till oak and elm and beech and ash
  in one viridian comber crash,
  while at their feet red vetches shine,
  sharp, and cold, and coralline.1928, Humbert Wolfe, “Spring”, in This Blind Rose, London: Victor Gollancz, page 47
- We walked out on to a balcony, looking down on the bright green fields, the grey-blue river lined with viridian poplars, and the red earth paths where the peasants were driving their animals […]1937, Robert Byron, “Bamian”, in The Road to Oxiana

viridian meaning in Urdu

viridian in Urdu

سبز رنگ

Synonyms of viridian

Mittler's green

Forms of viridian

Noun
plural	viridians
Adjective
comparative	more viridian
superlative	most viridian

Origin of viridian

From Latin viridis, from the verb vireō (“be verdant, sprout”).

Words that rhyme with viridian

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Questions about viridian

What does viridian mean?: Viridian means a bluish-green pigment made from chromium sesquioxide.
What is viridian in Urdu?: Viridian in Urdu is سبز رنگ. See Viridian meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is viridian?: Viridian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of viridian?: The plural of viridian is viridians.

Words near viridian in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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