Variations of green

This article is about notable tints and shades of the color green. These various colors are shown below.

Green in nature

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.The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2002. ISBN 0852297874] Many shades of green have been named after plants or are related to plants.

Asparagus

Asparagus is a shade of green and is named after the vegetable. Crayola created this color in 1993 as one of the 16 Name The Color Contest.

Dark jungle green

Displayed at 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 bright harlequin (color #3FFF00) (closer to chartreuse green than to bright 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. [(unknown) (1913). " [http://www.oldandsold.com/articles20/painting-methods-13.shtml Modern Artist's Pigments] ", retrieved on December 13, 2005.]

Celadon

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Celadon (pronounced IPA|/sɛlɘdɔn/) is a color that is a pale tint of spring green.

Celadon colored pottery is a specific style of pottery produced in East Asia. 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. Chemically, celadon is formed by combining chromium oxide, cadmium yellow, and titanium-zinc white. 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 Tang 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. [ [http://www.korean-arts.com/about_korean_celadon.htm#The%20aesthetic%20beauty%20of%20Korean%20celadon "The aesthetic beauty of Korean celadon"] at Korean Arts]

Emerald

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h=140|s= 60|v=78An 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.

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. "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". [Chandraseekaran, Rajiv "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone" 2007 ] People with emerald auras are said to be "capable of versatility, ingenuity, and resourcefulness, applied unselfishly". [ Arthur E. Powell "The Astral Body and Other Astral Phenomenon" Wheaton, Illinois:1927—Theosophical Publishing House Page 12 ] 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.

Feldgrau

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"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. [Farbmuster nach [http://www.carparts-koeln.de/content/images/store/schleifmittel/RAL7009.small.jpgRAL7009] , cited in ] 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. First, were the khaki-colored uniforms of the British Army (the 1885-era troops in India, then the British army during the Second Boer War). 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 and later on grey-green as the German ones. The last uniform to use the color was the woollen m/1959 winter uniform.

Green-yellow

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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.

Green-yellow is an official Crayola crayon color, created in 1949, although the color of the actual crayon with this name is much more yellow than the color shown here.The Crayola crayon color yellow-green is a closer match to this color.Green-yellow is at the direct middle of the light spectrum visible to the human eye, and as such it is the color that is most eye catching to humans. For this reason many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow.

Harlequin

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Harlequin is a color described as located between green and yellow (closer to green than to yellow) on the pigment 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 color at a position about 3/4 of the way between green and yellow (closer to green than to yellow). Upgraded from the "deep harlequin" color shown at right for computer display on an HSV color wheel, the color 3/4 of the way between green and yellow (closer to green) would be displayed as color 3FFF00 ("bright harlequin").

The first recorded use of "harlequin" as a color name in English was in 1923. [Citation
last=Maerz
first=Aloys John
last2=Paul
first2=Morris Rea
title=A Dictionary of Color
edition=1st
year=1930
ublisher=McGraw-Hill
location=New York
oclc=1150631
page=57 plate 17 color sample K11; p. 196]

"Harlequin" is also an adjective used to describe something that is colored in a pattern, usually a diamond shaped pattern. [Citation
last=Paterson
first=Ian
title=A Dictionary of Colour
edition=1st paperback
year=2003
publication-date=2004
publisher=Thorogood
location=London
isbn=1854183753
oclc=60411025
page=198] similar to the dress traditionally associated to Harlequins.

Other sources portray a color called "Harlequin green" as being a color close to spring green: [http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/KY61/ Woman wearing "harlequin green" silk jacket:]

Hunter green

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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. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 162--Discussion of color Hunter Green ] Today, some hunters still wear hunter green clothes or hunter green bandanas.

At right is displayed the color hunter green.

The first recorded use of "hunter green" as a color name in English was in 1892. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Hunter Green Page Plate 24 Color Sample C11--Hunter Green ]

The source of this color is the following website: [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-h.htm ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of hunter green (color sample #137):]

India green

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India green is the color of the lower band of the Indian National Flag, represents fertility and prosperity. In previous renditions of the flag, the green stood for the Muslims of India. See Flag of India.

Islamic green

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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

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Jade is a saturated, slightly bluish green. The name comes from the gemstone called jade, although the stone varies widely in hue.

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.

Kelly green Anchor|Kelly green

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Kelly green is a shade of green that is popular in Ireland and among most Irish-Americans as well as most people of Irish ancestry wherever they reside.

The name "kelly green" for the color originated in Ireland. The name derives from the fact that the first name "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 1935. [ Mish, Frederic C., Editor-in-Chief "Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary" Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 658]

Kelly green is the most popular color next to shamrock green for one to wear on the holiday called St. Patrick's Day, March 17, widely celebrated in the United States and Ireland.

Kelly green is a school color for LeFlore Preparatory Academy, Alabama, Valley Springs High School, Arkansas,the original shade of green for Yough School District, Haines City High School, Florida, Seven Hills School in Ohio and a number of high schools in Indiana. It is also the new shade of green for the University of North Texas Mean Green athletic teams. "Kelly Green" is a website for fans of the University of Notre Dame college football team.

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

Office green

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The conservative shade of green shown at right, office green, was the original color designated as "green" for computer displays in the 1980sFact|date=February 2007. It was apparently chosen because it is the color of the green-colored pencils used by accountants and the color of green office file cabinetsFact|date=February 2007.

Persian green

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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 Islam. The first recorded use of "Persian green" as a color name in English was in 1892. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Persian green: Page 85 Plate 31 Color Sample H7] [The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps, now on the Internet--see sample of the color Persian green (color sample #159) displayed on indicated web page: [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-p.htm] .] This color is also known as "Teal",

Pigment green

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Pigment green, also called grass green, is the color green that is achieved by mixing process (printer's) cyan and process (printer's) yellow in equal proportions.

Psychedelic art made people used to brighter colors of green, and pigment colors or colored pencils called "true green" are produced which approximate (with much less brightness that is possible on a computer screen) the electric X11 green shown above.

Rifle green

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

ea green

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Sea green is a shade of light bluish green 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.Fact|date=March 2008

Major tints and shades of green color comparison chart

The purpose of the color comparison chart is, by arranging the tints and shades of a particular color in approximate order from lightest at the top to most saturated in the middle to darkest at the bottom, to allow the Wikipedia user to more easily choose a color they may need for a particular use. Having the colors arranged by shade rather than alphabetically makes it easier to do this.

Green in human culture

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