Forest green

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Forest green
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #228B22
sRGB B (r, g, b)(34, 139, 34)
HSV (h, s, v)(120°, 76%, 55%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(51, 70, 128°)
Source X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Forest green is a green color said to resemble the color of the trees and other plants in a forest.

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This web color, when written as computer code in HTML for website color display, is written in the form forestgreen (no space). [1]

The first recorded use of forest green as a color name in English was in 1810. [2]

Ferns in a forest Forest Green (9674379239).jpg
Ferns in a forest

Forest green is a representation of the average color of the leaves of the trees of a temperate zone deciduous forest.

Shades

Forest green (Crayola)

Forest green (Crayola)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #5FA777
sRGB B (r, g, b)(95, 167, 119)
HSV (h, s, v)(140°, 43%, 65%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(63, 45, 139°)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color called "forest green" in Crayola crayons. Forest green has been a Crayola crayon name since 1958, when it was renamed from dark green.

Tropical rainforest

Tropical Rainforest
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #00755E
sRGB B (r, g, b)(0, 117, 94)
HSV (h, s, v)(168°, 100%, 46%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(44, 38, 163°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Moderate green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color tropical rainforest, a bluish-shade of forest green.

The color tropical rainforest was formulated by Crayola in 1993.

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References

  1. W3C. "SVG Color Keywords, CSS3 Color Module, W3C Candidate Recommendation 14 May 2003" . Retrieved 2007-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; color sample of Forest Green: Page 69 Plate 23 Color Sample L6
  3. Go halfway down web page where it says “How Green is Nest”?: