Jungle green

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Jungle green
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #29AB87
sRGB B (r, g, b)(41, 171, 135)
HSV (h, s, v)(163°, 76%, 67%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(63, 52, 159°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Jungle green is a color that is a rich tone of medium spring green.

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The specific tone of the color jungle green called "jungle green" by Crayola, displayed at right, was formulated by Crayola in 1990.

The first recorded use of jungle green as a color name in English was in 1926. [1]

Variations of jungle 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.

The color tropical rainforest was formulated by Crayola in 1993.

Amazon

Amazon
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #3B7A57
sRGB B (r, g, b)(59, 122, 87)
HSV (h, s, v)(147°, 52%, 48%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(46, 35, 143°)
Source Xona.com [2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Dark yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color Amazon (named after the specific rainforest).

The first recorded use of Amazon as a color name in English was in 1924. [3]

Deep jungle green

Jungle Green (ISCC-NBS #165)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #004B49
sRGB B (r, g, b)(0, 75, 73)
HSV (h, s, v)(178°, 100%, 29%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(28, 22, 188°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor Dark bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color deep jungle green, that tone of jungle green shown as jungle green on color sample #165 of the ISCC-NBS color list.

Medium jungle green

Jungle Green (ISCC-NBS #147)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1C352D
sRGB B (r, g, b)(28, 53, 45)
HSV (h, s, v)(161°, 47%, 21%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(20, 10, 161°)
Source ISCC-NBS [4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Very dark green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color medium jungle green, that tone of jungle green shown as jungle green in color sample #147 on the ISCC-NBS color list.

Dark jungle green

Jungle Green (ISCC-NBS #152)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1A2421
sRGB B (r, g, b)(26, 36, 33)
HSV (h, s, v)(162°, 28%, 14%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(13, 4, 166°)
Source ISCC-NBS [4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Blackish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color dark jungle green, that tone of jungle green called jungle green in color sample #152 on the ISCC-NBS color list.

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References

  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Jungle Green: Page 87 Plate 32 Color Sample L12 Note: The Color Sample shown as Jungle Green in Maerz and Paul is the color shown above as Dark Jungle Green.
  2. "Xona Games - Color List". xona.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
  3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 189; color sample of Amazon: Page 87 Plate 29 Color Sample J10
  4. 1 2 "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ja through Jz". November 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.

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