The colour of the parrot; (now usually) a shade of blue or green. Frequently attributive, as popinjay blue, popinjay colour, popinjay green, popinjay…

(a) n. a yellowish green resembling the colouring of some parrots; (b) adj. of this colour.

a pale yellowish green.

a shade of light green inclining to yellow.

(a) n. a bright shade of green in which yellow predominates over blue; (b) adj. of or designating this colour.

The colour of this stone. Also attributive.

a yellowish-green colour popular in the Georgian period (1714–1830).

A pale yellowish-green colour resembling that of the flesh of a honeydew melon. Occasionally also: an orange colour. Cf. melon, n.1 1b.

= Pomona green n. adj.(a) at compounds. rare.