celadon.

1. A muted green color with grayish and yellowish tones.

2. A greenish ceramic glaze associated with a tradition that originated in China.

3. A ceramic article finished with the characteristic greenish glaze associated with Chinese ceramic traditions.

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Words that belong together

• celadon green
• a shade of celadon
• celadon walls

On the page

The hallway's celadon looked almost gray in the morning light.

She chose celadon rather than a clear blue-green.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / image-rich description. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Usually uncountable for the color or glaze. Countable ceramic article: singular celadon; plural celadons. Commonness: moderately common (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Direct full extraction: grayish-yellow green color; greenish ceramic glaze originating in China; also an article with such glaze. Separate color, material and countable article references retained. Individually checked for a distinct image, texture, sound, taste, smell, visual-perception or artistic function. Definitions/examples are original; sensory strength is not assumed to imply emotion. Writing functions: gray-yellow green color, ceramic object and glaze description.