pea green

noun, adj — 2 senses

pea green

noun

1

A medium green colour, like that of peas.

pea green

adj

1

Of a yellowish green colour, like that of peas.

The pea-green colour of the South-Western engines, with the curious buff-and-amber of the carriages, was also a novelty, as were the raised top-decks of the older guards' vans.1939 June, T.R. Perkins, “My Red-Letter Day - II”, in Railway Magazine, page 400:

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