The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plantcells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (compare North Frisian green, West Frisian grien, Dutch groen, Low German grön, green, greun, German grün, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk grøn, Swedish grön, Norwegian Bokmål grønn, {{cog|is|grænn
), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ("to grow"). More at grow.
From Middle English grene, from the adjective (see above).
From Middle English grenen, from Old English grēnian, from Proto-Germanic *grōnijōną, *grōnijaną, from the adjective (see above). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gräinje, German Low German grönen, German grünen, Swedish gröna, Icelandic gróna.
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