olivesheen adjective 1noun 1 adjective1 •(rare) Of a dull grayish-yellow color.[…] a young man in an olivesheen business suit and derby sitting in the lotus position under a banyan tree. — 1994 noun1 •(rare) A dull grayish-yellow color.[…] looking out / on a Sargenty smear of pearl and dress silk, / olivesheen / and the vanishing stain of a passing car's taillights. — 2000