Meanings of olive colour in English

Blue feathers by being boiled as above become a fine olive colour.

It was of a dark olive colour, brittle, and semi-transparent.

The Italians have adopted an olive colour, commonly spoken of as "grigio-verde," or grey-green.

Their plumage was mostly of a dark olive colour, with tints of brown on the other parts.

They were broad-shouldered, well-made men, of olive colour, their naked bodies being well greased and anointed with oil.

They were well-made, athletic men, of a fine olive colour, with long straight hair falling over their shoulders.

His complexion is of an olive colour, something between white and black; being of a seemly stature, but somewhat corpulent.

The little ameiva, on which it occasionally preys, is of a dark olive colour, speckled with black about the neck.

They are of a dark tawny or olive colour, having their hair as black as a raven, but not curled.

His eyes and hair were as black as the raven's wing, and his skin was of a dark, olive colour.

The seat of his shorts was soon a filthy olive colour, and there was a tear where his buttocks showed.

It is of an olive colour, with yellow below, and mottled with brown; and frequently attains a length of six feet.

May Brown,-ruddygrey,-featherfrom Partridge's back,- olive coloured silk ribbed with light brown for body,-legs, hackles of an olive colour, tail do.

According to his account, they are of a dark olive colour, with thick prominent lips, flat noses, small eyes, and long flowing hair.