Android green

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Android green
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #3DDC84
sRGB B (r, g, b)(61, 220, 132)
HSV (h, s, v)(147°, 72%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(78, 82, 140°)
SourceGoogle [1] [2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Android green is a shade of chartreuse or Caribbean green, defined by Google as the color of the Android robot mascot, used as a logo for the Android operating system. It is defined to be RGB hex value #3DDC84 online and Pantone 7479 C in print. [1]

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Rebrand

The current color definition has been in place since a change in brand guidelines on Aug 22, 2019. Part of this change included the color of the android robot logo and therefore a change to the definition of android green. [2] [3] The color was changed to be more accessible to the colorblind, citing that "...green isn’t exactly an optimal color for a global brand. The most common form of colorblindness is red-green colorblindness, which can make certain shades of green hard to see." [3]

Original definition

Android green (pre-2018)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #A4C639
sRGB B (r, g, b)(164, 198, 57)
HSV (h, s, v)(74°, 71%, 78%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(75, 79, 102°)
SourceGoogle [4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The prior definition of android green was a yellow-green color #A4C639 (PMS 376C in print). [4] [5] During the initial creation of the android logo, first released on November 5, 2007, #A4C639 was selected by the original designer of the android logo, Irina Blok, "...because it reminded (us of a) nostalgic code color, and it would stand out against dark background." [5] Code color probably refers to the color of text in Monochrome monitors, derived from the green "P1" phosphor. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Brand guidelines". 18 November 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Updates to Android's brand". 22 August 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Imel, David (22 August 2019). "Inside Google's massive Android rebrand". Android Authority. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Brand guidelines". 17 April 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 Breeze, Mez (8 September 2012). "Android, Apple, Starbucks & NASA: What inspired these four world-famous logos?". The Next Web. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cathode Ray Tube Phosphors" (PDF).


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