The colour of Death's horse is written as khlōmos (χλωμός) in the original Koine Greek, which can mean either green/greenish-yellow or pale/pallid. The colour is often translated as 'pale', though 'ashen', 'pale green', and 'yellowish green' are other possible interpretations (the Greek word is the root of 'chlorophyll' and 'chlorine'). Based on uses of the word in ancient Greek medical literature, several scholars suggest that the colour reflects the sickly pallor of a corpse. In some modern artistic depictions, the horse is distinctly green.
again, they're being p literalist in their lyrics there
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