celadon green

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• celadon green — pale grayish green color …   English contemporary dictionary

• celadon green — …   Useful english dictionary

• Celadon (disambiguation) — Celadon may refer to: Celadon, a family of glazes. Celadon (color), a pale, sea green pigment Celadon Trucking, a trucking company based in Indianapolis, Indiana Celadon City, a fictional city in Pokémon Céladon, a character in L Astrée by Honoré …   Wikipedia

• celadon — [sel′ə dän΄, sel′ədən] n. [Fr céladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after Céladon, the hero in Astrée, romance by d Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladōn), character in Ovid s Metamorphoses] a pale grayish green …   English World dictionary

• celadon — pale grayish green, 1768, from Fr. Céladon, name of a character in the romance of l Astrée by Honoré d Urfé (1610), a sentimental lover who wore bright green clothes, after Gk. Keladon, a character in Ovid s Metamorphoses …   Etymology dictionary

• Celadon — Cel a*don, n. [F.] A pale sea green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Celadon — For other uses of Celadon , see Celadon (disambiguation). Celadon Chinese Longquan Celadon from Zhejiang, Song Dynasty, 13th century, Musée Guimet in Paris …   Wikipedia

• celadon — /sel euh don , dn/, n. 1. any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze. 2. any porcelain imitating these. 3. a pale gray green. adj. 4. having the color celadon. [1760 70; named after Céladon, name of a character in L… …   Universalium

• celadon — noun Etymology: French céladon Date: circa 1768 1. a grayish yellow green 2. a ceramic glaze originated in China that is greenish in color; also an article with a celadon glaze …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• celadon — n. pale greyish green color; variety of light green ceramic glaze n. porcelain or ceramic item glazed with celadon …   English contemporary dictionary

• celadon —    A ceramic glaze containing iron. It must be fired by the reduction method, with its red iron oxide (ferric) reduced to black (ferroso ferric). The final color of the glaze is either olive green, gray green, or gray. Celadon ware was developed… …   Glossary of Art Terms