Such painting can be green (5)

I believe the answer is:

genre

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'such painting' is the definition.

'can be green' is the wordplay.
'can be' indicates an anagram.
'green' is an anagram of 'GENRE'.

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(Other definitions for genre that I've seen before include "Style/category of art" , "Literary or artistic type or style" , "expressive style of music" , "Category (of art)" , "Artistic or literary category" .)

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