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viridians

viridians is the plural of viridian.

Meaning of viridian

Noun

viridian (countable and uncountable, plural viridians)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    Mittler's green
  2. A bluish-green color.

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Questions about viridians

What is viridians the plural of?
Viridians is the plural of viridian.

Words near viridians in the dictionary

  1. viridescence
  2. viridescences
  3. viridescent
  4. viridescently
  5. viridian
  6. viridians
  7. viridibufagin
  8. viridigenous
  9. viridin
  10. viridine
  11. viridiofungin

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