Shades of green

Main article: Green

Green
— Spectral coordinates —
Wavelength		520–570 nm
Frequency		~575–525 THz
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00FF00
sRGB[1]B	(r, g, b)	(0, 255, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 100%, 100%)
Source		W3C TR CSS3 Color Module[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Some tints and shades of green

There are many tints and shades of the color green. A large selection of these various colors are shown below.

Green in nature

Main article: Green#In biology

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.^[3] Many shades of green have been named after plants or are related to plants.

Asparagus

Steamed asparagus prepared with roasted pine nuts.

Asparagus
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#87A96B
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(135, 169, 107)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(93°, 37%, 66[4]%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Asparagus is a tone of green that is named after the vegetable. Crayola created this color in 1993 as one of the 16 to be named in the Name The Color Contest.

Dark green

Dark Green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#006400
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 100, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 100%, 39[5]%)
Source		X11[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Dark green is a dark shade of green.

Dark green environmentalism is the concept that adherence to environmentalism is best promoted by local communities and by society as a whole with appropriate legislation (such as a carbon tax to combat global warming) and the encouragement of appropriate technology and renewable energy. ^[6]

Fern green

Ferns at Muir Woods, California

Fern
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#71BC78
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(113, 188, 120)
Source		Crayola
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.^[7]

Forest green

Forest green (web)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#228B22
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(34, 139, 34)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 76%, 55%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

"Forest green" redirects here. For other possibilities, see Forest Green.

Forest green refers to a green color said to resemble the color of the trees and other plants in a forest. This web color, when written as computer code in HTML for web site color display, is written in the form forestgreen, with no space).^[8]

The first recorded use of forest green as a color name in English was in 1810.^[9]

Forest green is used to represent deciduous forest on maps depicting natural vegetation. Forest green may be used to represent the Green movement, especially in graphic design for environmental literature regarding issues having to do with forest conservation.

Forest green is one of the school colors of The Evergreen State College, Agincourt Collegiate Institute, Wagner College, Cass Technical High School, The Westminster Schools, Canyon Lake High School, St Robert Catholic High School, and Mesa Verde High School (Citrus Heights, California). Forest green is one of the team colors of the Forest Green Rovers F.C., an English football (soccer) club. It is also found on the team colors of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, as related to the flag of Saskatchewan. The Minnesota Wild of the NHL has forest green as one of their team colors.

Hooker's green

Hooker's Green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#49796B
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(73, 121, 107)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(163°, 39.7%, 47.5[10]%)
Source		[11]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Hooker's green is a dark green color created by mixing Prussian blue and Gamboge. The color is displayed at right.

Hooker's green takes its name from botanical artist William Hooker (1779 – 1832) who first created a special pigment for leaves.^[12][13]

Jungle green

Main article: Jungle green

Jungle green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#29AB87
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(41, 171, 135)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 80%, 70%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed on the right is the color jungle green. In 1990 Crayola named and formulated the specific color of jungle green. The first recorded use of jungle green as a name of a color in the English language was in 1926.^[14]

The colors jungle green or tropical rain forest are often used by cartographers to represent the tropical rain forest on a natural vegetation map. The colors jungle green and tropical rain forest are used by environmental activists who conduct save the rain forest campaigns on their posters to publicize their work. In the United States Army, jungle green is the color used for the uniforms and berets of the United States Army Special Forces or "Green Berets". (The shade of jungle green used in the uniforms and berets of the U.S. Army Green Berets is closely equivalent to the color shown in the article on the color jungle green as deep jungle green.) In the Commonwealth of Nations jungle green is the color of the combat or working uniform worn in the Far East and in parts of Africa. The uniform was often called "jaygees" in Australia.

Laurel green

Laurel green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#A9BA9D
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(169, 186, 157)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(95°, 16%, 73%)
Source		unsourced
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Laurel green is a hue of greenish gray similar to Asparagus.

Light green

Light Green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#90EE90
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(144, 238, 144)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 39%, 93[15]%)
Source		X11[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Light green is a light tint of green.

Light green environmentalism is the concept that adherence to environmentalism is best promoted as an individual consumer choice. ^[6] The term lite green environmentalism is used by environmentalists as a synonym for greenwashing.

Mantis

A Praying mantis

Mantis
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#74C365
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(116, 195, 101)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(110°, 48%, 77 [16]%)
Source		Xona.com color list
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Mantis is a color that is a representation of the color of a 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 the year 2001.

Moss green

A small clump of moss.

Moss green is a shade of green. It is normally a hazy gray-green, close to an earthtone.

Myrtle

Myrtle is a variety of the color green. It is immoderately dark, slightly more so than the color spinach.^{[citation needed]}

Myrtle the official designation of the green stripes on Waterloo Rugby Club's shirts, the green of Hunslet Hawks Rugby League Club, the green (along with the cardinal red) stripes of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the green of the blazers, sports kit and scarf of St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow. It is also one of the school colors of Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago, the other being gold.

Pale green

Pale Green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#98FB98
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(152, 251, 152)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 39%, 98[17]%)
Source		X11[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pale green is a pale tint of green.

Pine green

Pine green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#01796F
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(1, 121, 111)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(175°, 99%, 47%)
Source		Crayola
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 1949) that is this exact shade in the Crayola crayon, but in the markers, it's 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.^[18]

Sap green

Sap green is a green 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.

Tea green

"Tea Green" redirects here. For the hamlet near Luton, see Tea Green, Hertfordshire.

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.^[19]

The first recorded use of tea green as a color name in English was in 1858.^[20]

Teal

Main article: Teal

Teal
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#008080
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 128, 128)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(180°, 100%, 50%)
Source		HTML/CSS[21]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Teal is displayed at right. It is a medium blue-green color that is a representation of the color of the neck coloring of a duck called the common teal.

Computer web color greens

Green (RGB) (X11 green) (HTML/CSS lime) (color wheel green) (electric green)

Green (X11) Lime (HTML/CSS)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00FF00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 255, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 100%, 100%)
Source		X11 color names[22] HTML/CSS[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Red, green and blue lights, representing the three basic additive primary colors of the RGB color system, red, green, and blue.

The color defined as green in the RGB color model, displayed on the right, is the brightest possible 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 gamut of colors that are capable of being represented on a computer or television set.

This color is also called color wheel 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.

Another name for this color is electric green as opposed to the darker HTML/CSS green and the deeper pigment green, both shown below.

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)

Green (HTML/CSS color)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#008000
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 128, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 100%, 50%)
Source		HTML/CSS[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color defined as green in HTML/CSS color standard is displayed at right. It is the color called green, low green or medium green in many of the older 8-bit computer palettes.

Another name for this color is green W3C.

Additional definitions of green

Green (CMYK) (pigment green)

Green (CMYK) (Pigment Green)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00A550
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(00, 165, 80)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(149°, 100%, 65%)
Source		CMYK
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the three subtractive primary colors used in printing.

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. It is displayed at right.

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.

Green (NCS) (psychological primary green)

Green (NCS)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#009F6B
sRGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 159, 107)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(160°, 100%, 63[23]%)
Source		sRGB approximation to NCS 2060-G[24]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Approximations within the sRGB gamut to the primary colors of the Natural Color System, a model based on the opponent process theory of color vision.

The color defined as green in the NCS or Natural Color System is shown at right (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)

Green (Munsell)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00A877
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 168, 119)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(163°, 100%, 66[25]%)
Source		Munsell Color Wheel
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The hues of the Munsell color system, at varying values, and maximum chroma to stay in the sRGB gamut.

The color defined as green in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5G) is shown at right. 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.

Other notable green colors

Army green

The color army green has been used in militaries since at least World War II, and probably before, though the precise tint varies considerably between and within different nations.

Bottle green

Bottle green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#006A4E
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 106, 78)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(164°, 100%, 41[26]%)
Source		Vexillological
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Bottle green is a dark shade of green, similar to pine green. It is a representation of the color of green glass bottles.

The first recorded use of Bottle green as a color name in English was in 1816. ^[27]

Bottle green is a color in Prismacolor marker and pencil sets. It is also the color of the uniform of the Police Service of Northern Ireland replacing the Royal Ulster Constabulary's "rifle green" colored uniforms in 2001.

Most notably, "bottle green" is the background color of the Flag of Bangladesh, as defined by the Government of Bangladesh.^[28]

Bright green

Bright green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#66FF00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(102, 255, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(96°, 100%, 100%)
Source		Hexcode Color Chart
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed on the right is the color bright green. Bright green is a bright shade of green. It is on the color wheel approximately one-third of the way between chartreuse green and harlequin (color #3FFF00) (closer to chartreuse green than to harlequin). Bright green represents a visual stimulus of 556 nanometers on the visual spectrum as measured on the CIE chromaticity diagram. The X11 color green is somewhat similar to bright green, with a hex triplet of 00FF00, compared to bright green's triplet of 66FF00.

The color bright green may be used to represent bright green environmentalism or the Viridian design movement.

Brunswick green

Brunswick green is a common name for green pigments made from copper compounds, although the name has also been used for other formulations that produce a similar hue, such as mixtures of chrome yellow and Prussian blue. The pigment is named after Braunschweig, Germany (also known as Brunswick in English) where it was first manufactured. It is a deep, dark green, which may vary from intense to very dark, almost black.

"Deep Brunswick green" is commonly recognized as part of the British racing green spectrum, the national auto racing color of the United Kingdom. A similar color, also called "Brunswick green", was the official color for passenger locomotives of the nationalized British Railways. A similar—but slightly brighter—shade was used by the Great Western Railway.

The color used by the Pennsylvania Railroad for locomotives was often called "Brunswick green", but officially was termed Dark Green Locomotive Enamel (DGLE). This was a shade of green so dark as to be almost black, but which turned greener with age and weathering as the copper compounds further oxidized. See PRR equipment colors and painting for more details.^[29]

Cal Poly Pomona green

Cal Poly Pomona green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#1E4D2B
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(30, 77, 43)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(137°, 61.0%, 30.1%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cal Poly Pomona green is one of the two official colors of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). The official university colors are green (PMS 349) and gold (PMS 131). The Cal Poly Pomona Office of Public Affairs created the Cal Poly Pomona colors for web development and has technical guidelines, copyright and privacy protection; as well as logos and images that developers are asked to follow in the University's Guidelines for using official Cal Poly Pomona logos. If web developers are using green on a university website, they are encouraged to use Cal Poly Pomona green. It is notable for its prominent use representing Cal Poly Pomona's athletic teams, the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos.

Celadon

Celadon (pronounced /ˈsɛlədɒn/) is a color that is a pale tint of spring green.

Celadon colored pottery is a specific style of pottery produced in Korea.^[30] It is normally associated with a pale sea-green pigment though the style originally was made with much darker pigments. The pale green pigment came from the artisans who used specific clays and potting techniques to create the style now associated with the name. It was most commonly used in Chinese, Korean and Japanese art and spread to the other Asian cultures. Celadon, as it is known by the west, or Gingci, is an ancient type of Chinese glaze that was particularly favoured by the Song court. These pots have blue-green glazes and are made in elegant shapes and were produced in kilns from all over China. Korean celadon pottery has been described by ancient Chinese artisans as having a quiet elegance whose color is "beyond description," in that it must be experienced to be understood, and its simplicity of form and style has been compared to the spirit of Zen Buddhism.^[31]

Dartmouth green

Dartmouth green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00703C
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 112, 60)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(121°, 90%, 50%)
Source		[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Dartmouth green is the official color of Dartmouth College, adopted in 1866. It was famously chosen after a crew race with a number of other colleges for being "the only decent color that had not been taken already."^[32] It is notable for its prominent use as the name of the Dartmouth College athletic team, the Dartmouth Big Green. The Dartmouth athletic teams adopted this new name after the college officially discontinued the use of its unofficial mascot, the Dartmouth Indian, in 1974.

Emerald

An emerald color is a shade of green that is particularly light and bright, with a faint bluish cast. The name derives from the typical appearance of the gemstone emerald.

The first recorded use of emerald as a color name in English was in 1598. ^[33]

Ireland is sometimes referred to as the Emerald Isle due to its lush greenery. 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 fictional 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.^[34] 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^[35] because these three counties are the biggest marijuana producing counties in California and also the USA.^[35] A county-commissioned study reports pot accounts for up to two-thirds of the economy of Mendocino.^[35] 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.

Feldgrau

Feldgrau (field grey) was the color of the field uniform of the German Army from late 1907 until 1945, and of some post-war uniforms of the West German Bundeswehr and the East German NVA armies.^[36] Metaphorically, Feldgrau used to refer to the armies of Germany (the Imperial German Army and the Heer [army] component of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht).

The word feldgrau means "field grey", and by World War I the color was a light grey-green, though there is no specific color, rather a color range of greys to browns, that was one of the first standardized uniforms suitable to the age of smokeless gun powder. Formerly, the Germans wore a Prussian blue shade similar to that of the French.

Sweden used a very similar color for infantry uniforms, for example the grey m/1923 and later on grey-green as the German ones. The last uniform to use the color was the woollen m/58 winter uniform.

Green-yellow

"Green-gold" redirects here. For the alloy of gold and silver, see green gold. For the Israeli war hero, see Zvika Greengold.

Green-yellow
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#ADFF2F
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(173, 255, 47)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(84°, 82%, 100%)
Source		X11[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Green-yellow is a mixture of the colors green and yellow. It is a web color. It is a light tint of chartreuse.

Green-yellow (although not in this exact formulation) is one of the colors of the color wheel in the Munsell color system.

A Crayola green-yellow crayon

"Green Yellow" is an official Crayola crayon color, created in 1949, although the color of the actual crayon with this name is more yellow than the color shown here.

Green-yellow is near the center of the light spectrum visible to the human eye, and is very eye catching to humans. For this reason many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow.

Harlequin

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 3/4 of the way between green and yellow (closer to green than to yellow).

The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923.^[37]

Harlequin is a pure spectral color at approximately 552 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.^{[citation needed]}

Harlequin is also an adjective used to describe something that is colored in a pattern, usually a diamond shaped pattern.^[38] similar to the dress traditionally associated to Harlequins. Similarly, it can mean anything multicolored or prismatic, such as opals or other precious gems which are highly variegated in color & hue. In the early 2000s, a Harlequin Color paint was invented for automobiles that appears different colors from different angles of view.

Hunter green

Hunter green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#355E3B
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(53, 94, 59)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 45%, 45%)
Source		ISCC-NBS #137
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Hunter green is a color that is a representation of the color worn 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.^[39] Today, some hunters still wear hunter green clothes or hunter green bandanas.^{[citation needed]}

The first recorded use of "hunter green" as a color name in English was in 1892.^[40]

Hunter green is the official primary color of A.S.F. Electric, Inc. Electrical Contractors in Daly City, CA, the Green Bay Packers since 1957, the New York Jets since 1998, one of the two official colors of Ohio University, and one of the two official colors of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

India green

India green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#138808
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(19, 136, 8)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(115°, 94%, 53%)
Source		Vexillological
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

India green is the color of the lower band of the Indian National Flag, represents fertility and prosperity.

Islamic green

Islamic green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#009900
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 153, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 100%, 60%)
Source		Vexillological
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

See also: Green in Islam

Islamic green is the shade of green used in the Flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

Green symbolizes Islam because the tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had a green banner and because green represented paradise (the Persian word for garden) to desert dwelling bedouin tribes when they gathered at an oasis.

Jade

Jade, also called jade green is a representation of the color of the gemstone called jade, although the stone varies widely in hue.

The color name jade green was first used in Spanish in the form piedra de ijada in 1569.^[41]

The first recorded use of "jade green" as a color name in English was in 1892.^[42]

In Chinese culture, if one wishes to express one's love for someone, one gives them something made of the gemstone jade or an object that is colored jade.^{[citation needed]}

Kelly green

The name kelly green for the color originated in Ireland. The name derives from the fact that the surname Kelly, as well as the color green, are both popular in Ireland. The first recorded use of the term kelly green as a color name in English was in 1917.^[43]

Kelly green is the color of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, and was chosen over Chartreuse because it would not fade after a summer of marching in direct sunlight.

Kelly green is a school color for the Marshall University Thundering Herd

Until 1995, it was used as a primary color by the Oakland Athletics. Afterward, it was replaced by hunter green.

It was used as the primary color of the Philadelphia Eagles until 1995; it was replaced with "midnight green" (Hex triplet: #003b48) for the 1996 season.

From 1978 to 1997, the New York Jets used kelly green as their primary color. In 1998, the Jets discarded the kelly green in favor of hunter green, which is a darker shade of green than the kelly variation.

Midnight green

Main article: Midnight green

Midnight green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#004953
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 73, 83)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(187°, 100%, 33%)
Source		[44]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Midnight green (sometimes called Eagle green) is the official primary color of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.

Although referred to as green, the color Midnight green is really a dark shade of cyan because its red value is zero and its green and blue values are almost equal.

MSU Green

MSU Green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#18453B
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(24, 69, 59)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(111°, 116%, 44%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Michigan State University chose MSU Green, specifically to represent the university on the web. The University Board of Trustees created the official MSU color from the web. Michigan State's web development has technical guidelines, copyright and privacy protection, as well as logos and images that web developers are asked to follow in the University's guidelines for using official MSU logos. If web developers are using green on a university website, they are encouraged to use MSU Green.

Neon green

Neon green is a bright tone of green used in psychedelic art and in fashion.

North Texas Green

North Texas Green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#059033
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(5, 144, 51)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(93°, 224%, 70%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

University of North Texas official colors are green and white. The Office of University Relations, Communications and Marketing maintains the Identity Guide.

Office green

Green (HTML/CSS color)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#008000
sRGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 128, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 80%, 50%)
Source		HTML/CSS[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The conservative shade of green shown on the right, office green, was the color designated as "green" in HTML, as opposed to the brighter X11 green.

Pakistan green

Pakistan green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#006600
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 102, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(120°, 100%, 40[45]%)
Source		Vexillological
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pakistan green is a distinctive shade of dark green, so named for the most visible of the two colors of the Pakistan flag, representing the country's majority Muslim community. Though the choice of green arose from its Islamic symbolism, the shade of green is substantially darker than standard Islamic green. Its origins lie in the flag of the All-India Muslim League, the political party founded in 1906 that was the driving force behind Pakistan's creation in 1947. Pakistan green is often misrepresented as a lighter shade.

Paris green

Main article: Paris Green

Paris green is a color that ranges from pale and vivid blue green to deeper true green. It comes from the inorganic compound copper (II) acetoarsenite and was once a popular pigment in artists' paints.

Persian green

Persian green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00A693
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 166, 147)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(135°, 75%, 60%)
Source		ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Persian green is a color used in pottery and Persian carpets in Iran.

Other colors associated with Persia include Persian red and Persian blue. The color Persian green is named from the green color of some Persian pottery and is a representation of the color of the mineral malachite. It is a popular color in Iran because the color green symbolizes gardens, nature, heaven, and sanctity. The first recorded use of Persian green as a color name in English was in 1892.^[46][47]

Rifle green

Rifle green is a particular shade of dark green. It 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.

Rifle green was originally adopted by rifle regiments in the 18th Century. 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.

Rifle green was the official uniform color of the Canadian Forces (CF) after unification; it was thereafter generally referred to as "CF green"; indeed, the Service Dress uniform of the day was referred to as "CF greens". After the introduction of the Distinct Environmental Uniform (DEU), rifle green remained as the uniform color 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 color of the uniform worn by the Northern Irish Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) until 2001 where the RUC was replaced by the PSNI and the uniform color was changed to "bottle green".

Rifle green is 19–0419 TPX in the Pantone palette, or roughly 414833h in the sRGB color space.

Sacramento State green

Sacramento State green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00563F
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 86, 63)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(164°, 100%, 34%)
Source		[48]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

In 2004, California State University, Sacramento rebranded itself as Sacramento State, while keeping the official name as the long form. In the process of rebranding a new logo was selected, and in 2005 it formalized the colors which it would use.^[48]

Sea green

Sea green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#2E8B57
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(46, 139, 87)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(146°, 67%, 55%)
Source		HTML/CSS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Sea green is a shade of cyan color that resembles the sea floor as seen from the surface.

Sea green is notable for being the emblematic color of the Levellers party in the politics of 1640s England. Leveller supporters would wear a sea-green ribbon, in a similar manner to the present-day red AIDS awareness ribbon. It is also a Crayola crayon color, although the Crayola crayon color is much brighter and lighter than the color shown at right (see the List of Crayola crayon colors).

Flag of a proposed "British Republic" used by Chartists and Radicals in the nineteenth century. Sea green colors were often used by the Chartists and earlier Levellers. A group of 'English republican' intellectuals used a version of this tricolor with blue at the top.

UP Forest green

UP Forest green
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#014421
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(1, 68, 33)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(149°, 99%, 27%)
Source		UP Brandbook
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At the right is one of the official colors used by the University of the Philippines, designated as UP Forest Green. It is based on the approved color specifications to be used for the seal of the university.^[49]

Green in human culture

Main article: Green in human culture

See also

• List of colors

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