Green | |
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Spectral coordinates | |
Wavelength | 520–570 nm |
Frequency | ~526–577 THz |
Common connotations | |
nature, St. Patrick's Day | |
Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00FF00 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (88, 136, 128°) |
Source | RGB color system |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
Some tints and shades of green |
Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a green or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Green (X11, color wheel) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00FF00 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (88, 136, 128°) |
Source | X11 color names, [1] HTML/CSS [2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color defined as green in the RGB color model is the brightest green that can be reproduced on a computer screen, and is the color named green in X11. It is one of the three primary colors used in the RGB color space along with red and blue. The three additive primaries in the RGB color system are the three colors of light chosen such as to provide the maximum range of colors that are capable of being represented on a computer or television set.
This color is also called regular green. It is at precisely 120 degrees on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel (Image of RGB color wheel). Its complementary color is magenta.
HTML/CSS uses the name lime for this color, using green to refer to a darker shade. See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML and X11.
Green takes up a large portion of the CIE chromaticity diagram because it is in the central area of human color perception.
Green (HTML/CSS color) (Office Green) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #008000 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 128, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 100%, 50%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (46, 72, 128°) |
Source | HTML/CSS [2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color defined as green in HTML/CSS color standard is the color called green, low green, or medium green in many of the older eight-bit computer palettes.
Another name for this color is green W3C or office green.
Green (CMYK) (pigment green) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00A550 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 165, 80) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (149°, 100%, 65%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (59, 74, 137°) |
Source | CMYK [3] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color defined as green in the CMYK color system used in printing, also known as pigment green, is the tone of green that is achieved by mixing process (printer's) cyan and process (printer's) yellow in equal proportions.
The purpose of the CMYK color system is to provide the maximum possible gamut of color reproducible in printing.
The color indicated is only approximate as the colors of printing inks may vary.
The color displayed is an approximation of the CMYK color on an RGB screen, and cannot replicate the color accurately.
Green (NCS) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #009F6B |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 159, 107) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (160°, 100%, 62%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (58, 58, 148°) |
Source | sRGB approximation to NCS 2060-G [4] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color defined as green in the NCS or Natural Color System is NCS 2060-G. The natural color system is a color system based on the four unique hues or psychological primary colors red, yellow, green, and blue. The NCS is based on the opponent process theory of vision. The Natural Color System is widely used in Scandinavia.
Green (Munsell) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00FFB5 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 181) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (163°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (89, 87, 151°) |
Source | https://pteromys.melonisland.net/munsell/ |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The Munsell color system (Munsell 5G) includes a color defined as green. The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma (color purity), spaced uniformly in three dimensions in the elongated oval at an angle shaped Munsell color solid according to the logarithmic scale which governs human perception. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five primary colors—red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The Munsell colors displayed are only approximate as they have been adjusted to fit into the sRGB gamut.
Green (Pantone) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00AD83 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 173, 131) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (165°, 100%, 68%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (63, 58, 157°) |
Source | Pantone TPX [5] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Green (Pantone) is the color that is called green in Pantone.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color # green C, EC, HC, PC, U, or UP—green. [5]
Green (Crayola) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #01A368 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (1, 163, 104) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (158°, 99%, 64%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (59, 62, 146°) |
Source | Crayola colorxs.com |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Green (Crayola) is the color called green in Crayola crayons.
Green was one of the original Crayola crayons introduced in 1903.
Dark green (X11) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #006400 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 100, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 100%, 39%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (36, 56, 128°) |
Source | X11 [2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
This is the X11/HTML color dark green.
Light green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #90EE90 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (144, 238, 144) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 39%, 93%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (87, 74, 128°) |
Source | X11 [2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Light green is a light tint of green.
Lime green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #32CD32 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (50, 205, 50) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 76%, 80%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (73, 103, 128°) |
Source | X11 [6] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Lime green is a vivid, yellowish shade of green named after the lime fruit.
Bright green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #66FF00 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (102, 255, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (96°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (89, 127, 123°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant yellow green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
This is the color bright green.
Pale green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #98FB98 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (152, 251, 152) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 39%, 98%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (91, 78, 128°) |
Source | X11 [2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
This is the X11/HTML color pale green.
Erin | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00FF40 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 64) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (135°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (88, 129, 130°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [7] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The first recorded use of erin as a color name was in 1922.
Harlequin | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #3FFF00 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (63, 255, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (105°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (88, 133, 126°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [8] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Harlequin is a color described as being located between green and yellow (closer to green than to yellow) on the color wheel. On color plate 17 in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color (see reference below), the color harlequin is shown as being a highly saturated rich color at a position halfway between chartreuse and green. Thus in modern color terminology, harlequin is the color halfway between green and chartreuse green on the RGB color wheel.
The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923. [9]
Harlequin is a pure spectral color at approximately 552 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.[ citation needed ]
Silver Patron tequila is sold in harlequin-colored boxes.
Harlequin is also an adjective used to describe something that is colored in a pattern, usually a diamond-shaped pattern, [10] as in the dress traditionally associated with harlequins. Similarly, it can mean anything multicolored or prismatic, such as opals or other precious gems which are highly variegated in color and hue. In the early 2000s, a harlequin color paint was invented for automobiles that appears different colors from different angles of view.
Neon green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #39FF14 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (57, 255, 20) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (111°, 92%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (88, 132, 126°) |
Source | Layout Sparks [11] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Neon green is a bright tone of green used in psychedelic art and in fashion. Neon green became a signature of English singer/songwriter Charli XCX with the release of her 2024 album Brat. [12]
Green is common in nature, especially in plants. Many plants are green mainly because of a complex chemical known as chlorophyll which is involved in photosynthesis. [13] Many shades of green have been named after plants or are related to plants. Due to varying ratios of chlorophylls (and different amounts as well as other plant pigments being present), the plant kingdom exhibits many shades of green in both hue (true color) and value (lightness/darkness). The chlorophylls in living plants have distinctive green colors, while dried or cooked portions of plants are different shades of green due to the chlorophyll molecules losing their inner magnesium ion.
Apple green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #8AB800 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (138, 184, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (75°, 100%, 72%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (69, 83, 106°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellow green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Apple green is a representation of the color of the outer skin of a Granny Smith apple. A darker version of this color has been used for the IRT Lexington Avenue Line since June 1979, when the NYCTA decided to assign line colors to all the routes within the major trunk lines in the Central Business District, plus different colors for services not entering Manhattan. By doing this, they scrapped the 1967 colors that were assigned separately to each service.
The first recorded use of apple green as a color name in English was in 1648. [14]
Artichoke green (Pantone) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #4B6F44 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (75, 111, 68) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (110°, 39%, 44%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (43, 32, 123°) |
Source | Pantone [15] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
This is the color called artichoke green in Pantone. The source is Pantone 18-0125 TPX. [15]
Evergreen | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #05472A |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (5, 71, 42) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (154°, 93%, 28%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (26, 27, 144°) |
Source | PicMonkey |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Evergreen is a color that resembles evergreens.
It is currently unknown when evergreen was first used as a color name.
Fern green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #4F7942 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (79, 121, 66) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (106°, 45%, 47%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (47, 40, 121°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [16] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Fern | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #63B76C |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (99, 183, 108) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (126°, 46%, 72%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (68, 61, 130°) |
Source | Crayola colorxs.com |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Fern green is a color that resembles ferns. A Crayola crayon named fern was created in 1998.
The first recorded use of fern green as a color name in English was in 1902. [17]
Forest green | |
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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 refers to a green color said to resemble the color of the trees and other plants in a forest. [18]
The first recorded use of forest green as the name of a color in the English language was in 1810. [19]
Honeydew | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #F0FFF0 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (240, 255, 240) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 6%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (99, 12, 128°) |
Source | X11 |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very pale green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color honeydew is a pale, greenish off-white based on the color of the interior flesh of a honeydew melon.
Jungle green | |
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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 [ citation needed ] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
In 1990, Crayola named and formulated a specific tone called jungle green.
The first recorded use of jungle green as a name of a color in the English language was in 1926. [20]
This section needs additional citations for verification .(April 2024) |
Kelly green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #4CBB17 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (76, 187, 23) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (101°, 88%, 73%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (67, 94, 123°) |
Source | canva.com |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Kelly green is an intense, pure green named after the common Irish family name, Kelly. [21] It evokes the lush green Irish meadows and is also commonly associated with St. Patrick's Day.
Kombu green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #354230 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (53, 66, 48) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (103°, 27%, 26%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (26, 12, 118°) |
Source | Pantone TPX [22] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark olive green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color kombu green is a representation of the color of kombu, edible kelp from the family Laminariaceae widely eaten in East Asia.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-0417 TPX—Kombu Green. [23]
Laurel green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #A9BA9D |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (169, 186, 157) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (95°, 16%, 73%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (74, 22, 112°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [24] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate yellow green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Laurel green is a medium light hue of chartreuish gray similar to asparagus, but lighter.
The first recorded use of laurel green as a name of a color in the English language was in 1705. [25]
Mantis | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #74C365 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (116, 195, 101) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (110°, 48%, 76%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (72, 69, 124°) |
Source | Xona.com color list |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Mantis green represents the green color of certain grass-dwelling species of praying mantis.
The first use of mantis as a color name in English was when it was included as one of the colors on the Xona.com color list, promulgated in 2001.
Moss green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #8A9A5B |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (138, 154, 91) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (75°, 41%, 60%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (61, 42, 99°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS [26] [27] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate yellow green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Moss is a tone of green that resembles moss plants.
The first recorded use of moss green as a color name in English was in 1884. [28]
Mint green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #98FB98 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (152, 251, 152) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 39%, 98%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (91, 78, 128°) |
Source | X11 [2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Mint green is a pale tint of green that resembles the color of mint green pigment, and was a popular color in the 1990s.
Myrtle | |
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Common connotations | |
Myrtus | |
Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #21421E |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (33, 66, 30) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (115°, 55%, 26%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (25, 24, 126°) |
Source | ColorHexa [29] |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Myrtle is a dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
Olive | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #808000 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (128, 128, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (60°, 100%, 50%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (52, 57, 86°) |
Source | X11 color names |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light olive |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Olive is a dark yellowish-green color, [30] like that of unripe or green olives.
As a color word in the English language, it appears in late Middle English. Shaded toward brown, it becomes olive drab.
Pine green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #01796F |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (1, 121, 111) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (175°, 99%, 47%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (45, 36, 179°) |
Source | Crayola [ citation needed ] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate bluish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Pine green is a rich shade of spring green that resembles the color of pine trees. It is an official Crayola color (since 1903).[ citation needed ]
Pine green is a rich dark shade of cyan that resembles the color of pine trees. It is an official Crayola color (since 1903) that is this exact shade in the Crayola crayon, but in the markers, it is known as crocodile green.
The color pine green is a representation of the average color of the leaves of the trees of a coniferous forest. The color pine green was originally known as pine tree. The first recorded use of pine tree as a color name in English was in 1923. [31]
The first recorded use of pine tree as a color name in English was in 1923. [32]
Reseda chartreuse | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #6C7C59 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (108, 124, 89) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (87°, 28%, 49%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (50, 25, 108°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate olive green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Reseda green, is a shade of greyish green in the classic range of colors of the German RAL colour standard, in which it is named "RAL 6011". [33]
The name derives from the color of the leaves of Reseda odorata , commonly known as mignonette. [34]
Sap green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #507D2A |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (80, 125, 42) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (93°, 66%, 49%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (48, 52, 115°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Sap green is a green-looking pigment that was traditionally made of ripe buckthorn berries. However, modern colors marketed under this name are usually a blend of other pigments, commonly with a basis of Phthalocyanine Green G. It is one of the greens used in The Joy of Painting .
Tea green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #D0F0C0 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (208, 240, 192) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (100°, 20%, 94%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (91, 36, 116°) |
Source | Encycolorpedia [35] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Tea green is a light shade of green. It is a representation of the color of brewed green tea, i.e., the color of the hot green tea after the green tea leaves have been brewed in boiling water. [36]
The first recorded use of tea green as a color name in English was in 1858. [37]
Emerald as a quinary color on the RYB color wheel |
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Emerald | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #50C878 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (80, 200, 120) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (140°, 60%, 78%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (72, 71, 137°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [38] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Emerald, also called emerald green, is a tone of green that is particularly light and bright, with a faint bluish cast. The name derives from the typical appearance of the emerald gemstone. [39] The first recorded use of emerald as a color name in English was in 1598. [40]
Ireland is sometimes referred to as the Emerald Isle due to its lush greenery. The May birthstone is emerald. Seattle is sometimes referred to as the Emerald City, because its abundant rainfall creates lush vegetation. In the Middle Ages, The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus was believed to contain the secrets of alchemy. "Emerald City", from the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , by L. Frank Baum, is a city where everything from food to people are emerald green. However, it is revealed at the end of the story that everything in the city is normal colored, but the glasses everyone wears are emerald tinted. The Green Zone in Baghdad is sometimes ironically and cynically referred to as the Emerald City. [41] The Emerald Buddha is a figurine of the sitting Buddha, made of green jade (rather than emerald), clothed in gold, and about 45 cm tall. It is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The Emerald Triangle refers to the three counties of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity in Northern California, United States [42] because these three counties are the biggest marijuana producing counties in California and also the US. [42] A county-commissioned study reports pot accounts for up to two-thirds of the economy of Mendocino. [42] Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development is a book published in 2010 by Joan Fitzgerald, director of the law, policy and society program at Northeastern University, about ecologically sustainable city planning.
Emerald was invented in Germany in 1814. By taking acetic acid, mixing and boiling it with vinegar, and then by adding some arsenic, a bright blue-green hue was formed. [43]
The normalized color coordinates for emerald are identical to the color Paris green, which is the name introduced in England during the 19th century to market the dye that resulted from using the toxic inorganic compound created in Germany. [44] It was notorious for causing deaths due to it being a popular color used for wallpaper. Victorian women used this bright color for dresses, and florists used it on fake flowers. [45]
Green earth | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #DADD98 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (218, 221, 152) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (63°, 31%, 87%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (86, 48, 88°) |
Source | Derwent [46] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light yellow green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color green earth is also known as terre verte and Verona green. It is an inorganic pigment derived from the minerals celadonite and glauconite. [47] [48]
Hooker's green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #49796B |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (73, 121, 107) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (162°, 40%, 47%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (47, 23, 164°) |
Source | Winsor & Newton [49] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Hooker's green is a dark green color created by mixing Prussian blue and gamboge. Hooker's green takes its name from botanical artist William Hooker (1779–1832) who first created it particularly for illustrating leaves. [50]
Jade | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00A86B |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 168, 107) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (158°, 100%, 66%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (61, 64, 145°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Jade, also called jade green, is a representation of the color of the gemstone called jade, although the stone itself varies widely in hue.
The color name jade green was first used in Spanish in the form piedra de ijada in 1569. [51] The first recorded use of jade green as a color name in English was in 1892. [52]
Malachite | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #0BDA51 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (11, 218, 81) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (140°, 95%, 85%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (77, 104, 132°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [53] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Malachite, also called malachite green, is a color that is a representation of the color of the mineral malachite.
The first recorded use of malachite green as a color name in English was in the 1200s (exact year uncertain). [54]
Sea green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #2E8B57 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (46, 139, 87) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (146°, 67%, 55%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (52, 50, 141°) |
Source | HTML/CSS |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Sea green is a color that resembles the hue of shallow seawater as seen from the surface.
Celadon | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #ACE1AF |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (172, 225, 175) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (123°, 24%, 88%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (85, 42, 129°) |
Source | Encycolorpedia [55] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Celadon /ˈsɛlədɒn/ is a pale greyish shade of green, or rather a range of such shades. Celadon originates as a term for a class of Chinese ceramics, copied by Korea and Japan. However, the name, which is European, may originate from the character Celadon in L'Astrée , a French pastoral novel of 1627, who wore a light green color. [56] [57]
Celadon glazes were very common, with the green color being reliably produced from about the tenth century onwards; this was appreciated in Asia for resembling jade, the most prestigious material of all. The glaze color comes from iron oxide's transformation from ferric to ferrous iron (Fe2O3 → FeO) during the firing process, [58] but is affected by a wide range of other factors and chemicals, making the precise color very difficult to control. As well as green, a wide range of browns, yellows, greys and sometimes blues all count as "celadon". [39] [59]
Hungarian green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #477050 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (71, 112, 80) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (133°, 37%, 44%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (44, 28, 135°) |
Source | Pantone [60] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The web color Hungarian green is a dark green color seen on the national flag of Hungary.
Hunter green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #355E3B |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (53, 94, 59) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (129°, 44%, 37%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (36, 28, 132°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS No. 137 [61] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Hunter green is a color that is a representation of the color worn as camouflage by hunters in the 19th century. Most hunters began wearing the color olive drab instead of hunter green about the beginning of the 20th century. [62] Some hunters still wear hunter green clothing or hunter green bandanas.
The first recorded use of hunter green as a color name in English was in 1892. [63]
Hunter green has been the official primary color of the Green Bay Packers since 1957, the New York Jets from 1998 to 2019, one of the two official colors of Ohio University and Oswego State, and one of the two official colors of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. It is also one of the main colors of Deerfield Academy.
Hunter green is one of the colors defined by the bandana code of the gay leather subculture. A hunter green bandana, if worn on the left, indicates that one is a "leather daddy", whereas if a hunter green bandana is worn on the right, it indicates that one is looking for a leather daddy, i.e., looking for a "daddy-boy" relationship. [64] [65] [66]
Prison uniforms issued by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision are colored hunter green. [67]
New York City uses hunter green on its construction site fences and sidewalk sheds. [68]
India green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #138808 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (19, 136, 8) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (115°, 94%, 53%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (49, 74, 127°) |
Source | Vexillological [69] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
India green, the color of the lower band of the National Flag of India, represents fertility and prosperity. It originates with a flag proposed by Mahatma Gandhi, with green representing Islam and India saffron representing Hinduism.
Islamic green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #009000 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 144, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 100%, 56%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (52, 80, 128°) |
Source | Encycolorpedia [70] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color green (Arabic : أخضر) has a number of traditional associations in Islam. In the Quran, it is associated with Islamic paradise.
It was also chosen as a color by pro-Alid (Shi'a) factions. Thus in 817, when the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun adopted the Alid Ali al-Ridha a his heir-apparent, he also changed the dynastic color from black to green. The change was reverted al-Ma'mun had Ali killed, and returned to Baghdad in 819. [71] Green remains particularly popular in Shi'ite iconography, but it is also widely used in by Sunni states. It is notably used in the flag of Saudi Arabia and flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
MSU green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #18453B |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (24, 69, 59) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (167°, 65%, 27%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (26, 18, 167°) |
Source | MSU Brand Guide [72] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very dark green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Green and white are the primary school colors representing Michigan State University. The university board of trustees officially standardized MSU green as part of a larger university branding effort, replacing a lighter green (PMS 341) used from 1997 to 2010. The official color was chosen based on the traditional darker Spartan green found on the original university varsity letter jackets and marching band jackets. The official green of Michigan State University is represented by Pantone Matching System ink color 567 (PMS 567).
NDHU green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #0D5C33 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (13, 92, 51) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (149°, 86%, 36%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (34, 37, 140°) |
Source | NDHU Brand Guide [73] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
NDHU green is the official color of National Dong Hwa University, adopted in 1994. The university officially set NDHU green as part of a larger university branding effort. It represents the books, forest of knowledge, and its campus with nature-based setting.
Pakistan green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #01411C |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (1, 65, 28) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (145°, 98%, 25%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (23, 28, 137°) |
Source | Takhleeq [74] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Pakistan green is a shade of dark green, used in web development and graphic design. It originates with the field of green used on the flag of Pakistan, only stipulated as "dark green" in the national flag code. It is almost identical to the HTML/X11 dark green in sRGB and HSV values.
Persian green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00A693 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (0, 166, 147) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (173°, 100%, 65%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (61, 50, 174°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS [75] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant bluish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Persian green is a color used in Persian pottery and Persian carpets in Iran.
The first recorded use of Persian green as a color name in English was in 1892. [76] [77]
Rifle green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #444C38 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (68, 76, 56) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (84°, 26%, 30%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (31, 14, 105°) |
Source | Pantone TPX [78] [79] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark grayish olive green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The source of rifle green is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color No. 19-0419 TPX—Rifle green. [80]
The first recorded use of rifle green as a color name in English was in 1858. [81]
Rifle green is so named from the distinctive color of the uniform of rifle regiments (a form of light infantry) of a number of European armies, and is still used as such by rifle regiments in many Commonwealth armies, such as the Rifles and Royal Gurkha Rifles of the British Army and the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
Rifle green was originally adopted by rifle regiments in the 18th century, including the famous 95th Rifles of the Napoleonic Wars. As the traditional role of riflemen was that of marksmen and skirmishers who attacked behind the cover of trees, a dark green uniform was adopted as an early form of camouflage, as opposed to the colorful uniforms worn by other soldiers of the period. The vegetable based dyes used during the 18th and early 19th centuries were not fast, frequently fading after exposure to the elements to lighter shades of green or even brown. While this had advantages in terms of reduced visibility on active service, it did not make for a smart appearance on the peace-time parade ground. Accordingly, the color of the rifleman's uniform was progressively darkened until it approached black. After 1890 the development of chemical dyes permitted the adoption of the stable shade of rifle green now worn. In the U.S. armed forces, the green beret may be worn only by soldiers awarded the Special Forces Tab, signifying they have been qualified as special forces soldiers. The special forces beret is officially designated "beret, man's, wool, rifle green, army shade 297". Previously, rifle green uniforms had been issued to Hiram Berdan's elite 1st and 2nd United States Sharpshooters during the American Civil War.
Rifle green was the official uniform colour of the Canadian Forces (CF) after unification; it was thereafter generally referred to as "CF green". After the introduction of the distinctive environmental uniform (DEU), rifle green remained as the uniform colour of the winter land environment DEU; a short-lived tan uniform was worn in summer. After the demise of the tans, the rifle green DEU was worn year-round. Rifle green was also the colour of the uniform worn by the Northern Irish Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) until 2001 where the RUC was renamed the PSNI and while the uniform color remained the same, terminology changed to "bottle green". [82]
Rifle green is 19–0419 TPX in the Pantone palette, or hex code #444C38 in the sRGB color space, as shown above. Despite being referred to as bottle green in some contexts, Pantone rifle green is a distinct shade from RAL 6007 Bottle green.
Russian green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #679267 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (103, 146, 103) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 29%, 57%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (57, 35, 128°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS [83] [84] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The first recorded use of Russian green as a color name in English was in the 1830s (exact year uncertain). [85] The term appears to refer to the medium shade of green worn by most regiments of the Imperial Russian Army from 1700 to 1914.
SGBUS green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #55DD33 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (85, 221, 51) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (108°, 77%, 87%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (78, 107, 125°) |
Source | HTML/CSS |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
SGBUS green is the color voted by the public and used by Singapore to color all its government-owned public buses. [86]
Fuchsia is a vivid pinkish-purplish-red color, named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which was named by a French botanist, Charles Plumier, after the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.
Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as floral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered lavender by average people as opposed to website designers. The color lavender might be described as a medium purple, a pale bluish purple, or a light pinkish-purple. The term lavender may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, or grayish-purples, but only on the blue side; lilac is pale purple on the pink side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and white paint.
Lemon or lemon-color is a vivid yellow color characteristic of the lemon fruit. Shades of "lemon" may vary significantly from the fruit's actual color, including fluorescent tones and creamy hues reflective of lemon pies and confections.
Orchid is a bright rich purple color that resembles the color which various orchids often exhibit.
Red-violet refers to a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to magenta than to red. In American English, this color term is sometimes used in color theory as one of the purple colors—a non-spectral color between red and violet that is a deep version of a color on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
Carmine color is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally slightly closer to red than the color crimson is. Some rubies are colored the color shown below as rich carmine. The deep dark red color shown at right as carmine is the color of the raw unprocessed pigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter colors are produced when the raw pigment is processed, some of which are shown below.
Spring green is a color that was traditionally considered to be on the yellow side of green, but in modern computer systems based on the RGB color model is halfway between cyan and green on the color wheel.
Taupe is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.
Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gemstone of the same name. Sapphire gems most commonly occur in a range of blue shades, although they can come in many different colors. Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue, shown below.
In optics, orange has a wavelength between approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in the RGB color wheel. The complementary color of orange is azure. Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families, and absorb mostly blue light.
Spring bud is the color that used to be called spring green before the X11 web color spring green was formulated in 1987 when the X11 colors were first promulgated. This color is now called spring bud to avoid confusion with the web color.
Varieties of the color red may differ in hue, chroma, lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a red or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors are shown below.
Pink colors are usually light or desaturated shades of reds, roses, and magentas which are created on computer and television screens using the RGB color model and in printing with the CMYK color model. As such, it is an arbitrary classification of color.
The color magenta has notable tints and shades. These various colors are shown below.
Tuscan red is a shade of red that was used on some railroad cars, particularly passenger cars.
Varieties of the color yellow may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a yellow or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Varieties of the color blue may differ in hue, chroma, or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a blue or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these colors is shown below.
The color cyan, a greenish-blue, has notable tints and shades. It is one of the subtractive primary colors along with magenta, and yellow.
Violet is a color term derived from the flower of the same name. There are numerous variations of the color violet, a sampling of which are shown below.
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.
Kelly green is a slightly brighter green than that found on the Irish flag. It takes its name from the common Irish surname Kelly. This name for the colour was first used in the United States, where many Irish people lived.