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Meanings of olive colour in English
Dark yellowish green color.
Synonyms
Examples for "olive"
Examples for "olive"
1
Fear may lead euro governments to offer the UK an olive branch.
2
Everybody today is trying to find a reason to use olive oil.
3
Dirty olive green over the whole back; belly dirty white; scuta 130.
4
Sear them in olive oil until golden, about four minutes per side.
5
Tell him show business is more dangerous than the olive oil business.
1
This close, Dayle couldn't help noticing the pale olive color of her eyes.
2
He was handsome, nude, with hair fastened back in a knot, of olive color.
3
His skin was not black, but of an olive color.
4
The sky darkened to an eerie olive color.
5
Upper parts an even olive color all over.
1
For coloring olive green, use 2 parts water to 1 part permuriate of iron.
Usage of olive colour in English
1
Blue feathers by being boiled as above become a fine olive colour.
2
It was of a dark olive colour, brittle, and semi-transparent.
3
The Italians have adopted an olive colour, commonly spoken of as "grigio-verde," or grey-green.
4
Their plumage was mostly of a dark olive colour, with tints of brown on the other parts.
5
They were broad-shouldered, well-made men, of olive colour, their naked bodies being well greased and anointed with oil.
6
They were well-made, athletic men, of a fine olive colour, with long straight hair falling over their shoulders.
7
His complexion is of an olive colour, something between white and black; being of a seemly stature, but somewhat corpulent.
8
The little ameiva, on which it occasionally preys, is of a dark olive colour, speckled with black about the neck.
9
They are of a dark tawny or olive colour, having their hair as black as a raven, but not curled.
10
His eyes and hair were as black as the raven's wing, and his skin was of a dark, olive colour.
11
The seat of his shorts was soon a filthy olive colour, and there was a tear where his buttocks showed.
12
It is of an olive colour, with yellow below, and mottled with brown; and frequently attains a length of six feet.
13
May Brown,-ruddygrey,-featherfrom Partridge's back,- olive coloured silk ribbed with light brown for body,-legs, hackles of an olive colour, tail do.
14
According to his account, they are of a dark olive colour, with thick prominent lips, flat noses, small eyes, and long flowing hair.
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Translations for olive colour
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Olive colour across language varieties
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