[a. F. celadon; according to Littré the color was named after Celadon, a character in D’Urfé’s romance of Astrée.] The name of a pale shade of green resembling that of the willow. Also attrib. and as adj.
1768. E. Buys, Dict. Terms of Art, Celadon, a Sea-green Colour.
1857. Locker, Lond. Lyrics, My Neighb. Rose, iii. I doat upon Frail jars, turquoise and celadon.
1876. R. Burton, Gorilla L., I. 125. A cool green-blue, a celadon tint that reposed the eye and the brain.
1877. Longf., in Harper’s Mag., Dec., 75. A sky Just washed by gentle April rains, And beautiful with céladon.
