(きみどり)

きみどり
noun
yellow-green; chartreuse; lime green
color
1. yellow-green; chartreuse; lime green
A color between yellow and green, like the color of new leaves in spring or a lime. One of the traditional Japanese color names and one of the standard crayon colors.
新芽(しんめ)黄緑(きみどり)(いろ)している
The new buds are yellow-green.
黄緑(きみどり)クレヨン()っぱ()った
I colored the leaves with a yellow-green crayon.
When spring comes, the mountains gradually change from yellow-green to deep green.

黄緑(きみどり) is a standard Japanese color name for the color between yellow and green, like new spring leaves or a lime.

Forms

() (yellow) + (みどり) (green).

  • 黄緑(きみどり): as a noun (the color itself)
  • 黄緑(きみどり)(いろ): as a modifier (yellow-green colored)
  • 黄緑(きみどり): modifying a noun

Usage

Related colors

  • (みどり): green
  • 黄色(きいろ): yellow
  • 若草色(わかくさいろ): young grass green (a traditional, more poetic name for a similar shade)
  • 萌黄(もえぎ)(いろ): another traditional name for yellowish-green