green glow

Radioactive light stereotype

A green glow is a soft, diffuse green light emanating from a source—the green glow of a computer monitor in a dark room, the eerie green glow of bioluminescent algae.

Green glows appear in depictions of radioactivity, toxic substances, and supernatural phenomena, giving the phrase associations with danger or the uncanny: The potion emitted a green glow.

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neon · phosphorescent · eerie · toxic · aurora · northern lights · bioluminescent · firefly · glowstick · alien · sci fi · otherworldly · chartreuse · verdant · jade · lime · pulsing · ghostly

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color/hue

green glowred light

Traffic control meaning halt

orange glow · warm glow · blue glow · amber glow

signal meaning

green glowstop light

Intersection control device

danger signal · red alert · hazard light · red light · caution light

connotation/atmosphere

green glowcandlelight

Luminescence from burning wick

sunset glow · firelight · golden glow · white light · darkness

Family

green, glow, greens, greener, greenest, greenish, greenery, greening, glows

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G