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Green is a color between the yellow and blue colors in the rainbow. Green is a primary color (a color that can be mixed with another color) of light. The others are red and blue.
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Green and blue are next to each other on the spectrum, and there are languages which do not distinguish between them. Examples are old Chinese, Thai, old Japanese, and Vietnamese.
Green paint can be made by mixing yellow paint and blue tempera paint together.
Green light, like all light, is quanta—composed of photons. The wavelength of green light is about 550 nanometers (one-billionth of a meter).
Most leaves of growing plants, such as trees and bushes, are green. This is because there is a chemical in leaves, called chlorophyll, which is colored green.
See color vision for more on the significance of green.
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- Green is used as a color associated with jealousy. The phrase "green-eyed monster" means a jealous person.
- The color green is the color of nature. Having a "green thumb" means that you're good at gardening.[1][2]
- Green is a color associated with poison. Paris green is a highly toxic chemical compound.
- Green is a color of the Islamic religion. Search the shade "Islamic Green" below.
- Green is also the color of sickness. The phrase "green around the gills" is an expression implying that the person is nauseated.
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| Name | Color | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green(Electric Green) Lime(Web)/Hourbour | RGB 0,255,0 | #00FF00 | 0 | 255 | 0 | 120° | 100% | 100% |
| Spring Green(Guppie Green) | RGB 0,255,127 | #00FF7F | 0 | 255 | 128 | 150° | 100% | 100% |
| Office green(Ao English) Hulk | RGB 0,128,0 | #008000 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 120° | 100% | 50% |
| Sea Green/Lake Green | RGB 46,139,87 | #2B8E57 | 46 | 139 | 87 | 146° | 67% | 54% |
Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by range with a wavelength of roughly 570-520 nm.
| Mint Cream (web color) (Hex: #F5FFFA) (RGB: 245, 255, 250) |
| Honeydew (web color) (Hex: #F0FFF0) (RGB:240, 255, 240) |
| Off Green (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #E6F8F3) (RGB: 230, 248, 243) |
| Frosted Mint (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #DBFFF8) (RGB: 219, 255, 248) |
| Tipler (web color) (Hex:#7FFFD4) (RGB: 127, 255, 212) |
| Pale green (web color) (Hex: #98FB98) (RGB: 152, 251, 152) |
| Light Green (web color) (Hex: #90EE90) (RGB: 144, 238, 144) |
| Padua (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #ADE6C4) (RGB: 173, 230, 196) |
| Pale Spring Bud (Crayola "Spring Green") (Hex: #ECEBBD) (RGB: 236, 235, 189) |
| Pale Green-Yellow (Crayola Green-Yellow) (Hex: #F1E788) (RGB: 242, 231, 136) |
| Starship (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #E3DD39) (RGB: 227, 221, 57) |
| Chartreuse Yellow (traditional Chartreuse) (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #DFFF00) (RGB: 223, 255, 0) |
| Pear (Hex: #D1E231) (RGB: 209, 226, 49) |
| Bitter Lemon (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #CAE00D) (RGB: 202, 224, 13) |
| Medium Spring Bud (Spring Bud (ISCC-NBS)) (Hex: #C9DC87) (RGB: 201, 220, 135) |
| Lime Pulp (Hex: #D1E189) (RGB: 200, 225, 137) |
| Electric Lime (Crayola) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0) |
| Lime (Maerz & Paul) Bitter Lime (Hex: #BFFF00) (RGB: 191, 255, 0) |
| Green-Yellow (web color) (Hex: #ADFF2F) (RGB: 173, 255, 47) |
| Spring Bud (Spring Green (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #A7FC00) (RGB: 167, 252, 0) |
| June Bud (ISCC-NBS) (Growth Green (Plochere))(Hex: #BDDA57) (RGB: 189, 218, 87) |
| Pixie Green (Xona.com Color List)(Hex: #C0D8B6) (RGB: 192, 216, 182) |
| Tea Green (Hex: #D0F0C0) (RGB: 208, 240, 192) |
| Edgewater (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #CBE3D7) (RGB: 200, 227, 215) |
| Jungle Mist (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #B4CFD3) (RGB: 180, 207, 211) |
| Celadon (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #ACE1AF) (RGB:172, 225, 175) |
| Light Moss Green (Moss Green www.99colors.net) (Hex: #ADDFAD) (RGB:173, 223, 173) |
| Magic Mint (Crayola) (Hex: #AAF0D1) (RGB:170, 240, 209) |
| Mint Green (Hex: #98FF98) (RGB:152, 255, 152) |
| Ultra Green (Crayola: Screamin’ Green) (Hex: #66FF66) (RGB: 102, 255, 102) |
| Erin (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #00FF3F) (RGB: 0, 255, 63) |
| Spring green (web color) (Hex: #00FF7F) (RGB: 0, 255, 127) |
| Medium Spring Green (web color) (Hex: #00FA9A) (RGB: 0, 250, 154) |
| Lawn Green (web color) (Hex: #7CFC00) (RGB: 124, 252, 0) |
| Chartreuse Green (web color Chartreuse) (Matcha) (Hex: #7FFF00) (RGB: 127, 255, 0) |
| Bright Green (Hex: #66FF00) (RGB: 102, 255, 0) |
| Harlequin (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #3FFF00) (RGB: 63, 255, 0) |
| Green / Electric Green (web color "Lime") (Hex: #00FF00) (RGB: 0, 255, 0) |
| Neon Green (www.layoutspace.com) (Hex: #39FF14) (RGB: 57, 255, 20) |
| Pastel Green (Hex: #77DD77) (RGB: 119, 221, 119) |
| Green-gray (Hex: #6CA66C) (RGB: 108, 166, 108) |
| Malachite (Maer & Paul) (Hex: #0BDA51) (RGB: 11, 218, 81) |
| Lime Green (web color) (Hex: #32CD32) (RGB: 50, 205, 50) |
| Dark Pastel Green (Hex: #03C03C) (RGB: 3, 192, 60) |
| Classic Green (Pantone TPX 16-6340) (Hex: #32B141) (RGB: 50, 177, 65) |
| Kelly Green (Hex: #4CBB17) (RGB: 76, 187, 23) |
| Green Flash (Pantone TPX 15-0146) (Hex: #71CC51) (RGB: 113, 204, 81) |
| Mantis (Praying Mantis) (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #74C365) (RGB: 116, 195, 101) |
| Emerald Green (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #50C878) (RGB: 80, 200, 120) |
| Medium Aquamarine (web color) (Hex: #66DDAA) (RGB:102, 205, 170) |
| Caribbean Green (Crayola) (Hex: #00CC99) (RGB: 0, 204, 153) |
| Dull Green (Hex: #99CC66) (RGB: 153, 204, 102) |
| Light Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #20B2AA) (RGB: 32, 178, 170) |
| Medium Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #3CB371) (RGB: 60, 179, 113) |
| Pigment Green (CMYK) (Hex: #00A550) (RGB: 0, 165, 80) |
| GO Green (GO Transit (Toronto)) (Hex: #00AB66) (RGB: 0, 171, 102) |
| Jade Green (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #00A86B) (RGB: 0, 168, 107) |
| Green (NCS) (Hex: #009F6B) (RGB: 0, 159, 107) |
| Green (Crayola) (Hex: #1CAC78) (RGB: 28, 172, 120) |
| Green (Munsell) (Munsell 5G Green) (Hex: #00A877) (RGB: 0, 168, 119) |
| Mint (Mint Leaf (ISCC-NBS)) (Hex: #3EB489) (RGB: 62, 180, 137) |
| Jungle Green (Crayola) (Hex: #29AB87) (RGB: 41, 171, 135) |
| Green (Pantone) (Green Grey) (Hex: #00AD83) (RGB: 0, 173, 131) |
| Persian Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #00A693) (RGB: 0, 166, 147) |
| Mountain Meadow (Crayola) (Hex: #1AB385) (RGB: 26, 179, 133) |
| Spanish Viridian (Verde Verones Gallego & Sanz) (Hex: #009B7D) (RGB: 0, 155, 125) |
| Shamrock Green (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #009E60) (RGB: 0, 158, 96) |
| Christmas Green (Liquitex Soft Body Decorative colors) (Hex: #00993A) (RGB: 0, 153, 58) |
| Islamic Green (Islamic flag) (Hex: #009000) (RGB: 0, 144, 0) |
| India Green (Flag of India) (Hex: #138808) (RGB: 19, 136, 8) |
| Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #2E8B57) (RGB: 46, 139, 87) |
| Forest Green (web color) (Hex: #228B22) (RGB:34, 139, 34) |
| Asparagus (Crayola) (Hex: #7BA05B) (RGB: 123, 160, 91) |
| Bay Leaf (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #7DA98D) (RGB: 125, 169, 141) |
| Leaf Green (Hex: #C0DB50) (RGB: 192, 219, 80) |
| Dark Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #8FBC8F) (RGB: 143, 188, 143) |
| Olivine (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #9AB973) (RGB: 154, 185, 115) |
| Pistachio (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #93C572) (RGB: 147, 197, 146) |
| Yellow-Green (web color) (Hex: #9ACD32) (RGB: 154, 205, 50) |
| Citrus (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #A1C50A) (RGB: 161, 197, 10) |
| Apple Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #8DB600) (RGB: 141, 182, 0) |
| Moss Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #8A9A5B) (RGB:138, 154, 91) |
| Camouflage Green (Hex: #78866B) (RGB: 120, 134, 107) |
| Russian Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #679267) (RGB: 103, 146, 103) |
| Olive Drab (web color) (Hex: #6B8E23) (RGB: 107, 142, 35) |
| Olive (web color) (Hex: #808000) (RGB: 128, 128, 0) |
| Medium Harlequin (Harlequin (ISCC-NBS)) (Hex: #44944A) (RGB: 68, 148, 74) |
| Napier Green (Original British Racing Green) (Hex: #3B7E00) (RGB: 59, 126, 0) |
| Dark Olive Green (web color Dark Chartreuse Green) (Hex: #556B2F) (RGB: 85, 107, 47) |
| Sap Green (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #507D2A) (RGB: 80, 125, 42) |
| Fern Green (Crayola) (Hex: #4F7942) (RGB: 79, 121, 66) |
| Ao (English) (Office Green) (HTML/CSS “Green”) (Broccoli) (Hex: #008000) (RGB: 0, 128, 0) |
| Teal (web color) (Hex: #008080) (RGB: 0, 128, 128) |
| Blue-Green (Crayola) (Hex: #0095B6) (RGB: 0, 149, 182) |
| Viridian Green (Pantone TPX 17-5126) (Hex: #009698) (RGB: 0, 150,152) |
| Pine Green (Crayola) (Hex: #01796F) (RGB:1, 121, 111) |
| Skobeloff (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #007474) (RGB: 0, 122, 116) |
| Myrtle Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #317873) (RGB: 49, 120, 115) |
| Antique Green (Pantone TPX 18-5418) (Hex: #2B6963) (RGB: 43, 105, 99) |
| Viridian (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #40826D) (RGB:64, 130, 109) |
| Amazon (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #3B7A57) (RGB: 59, 122, 87) |
| Tropical Rainforest (Crayola) (Hex: #00755E) (RGB: 0, 117, 94) |
| Dark Spring Green (web color) (Hex: #177245) (RGB: 23, 114, 69) |
| Bottle Green (Bangladesh Green) (Flag of Bangladesh) (Hex: #006A4E) (RGB: 0, 106, 78) |
| Pakistan Green (Flag of Pakistan) (Hex: #006600) (RGB: 0, 102, 0) |
| Medium Green (Hex: #037949) (RGB: 3, 121, 73) |
| Dark Green (web color) (Hex: #006400) (RGB: 0, 100, 0) |
| Deep Green (Crayola: Green) (Hex: #056608) (RGB: 5, 102, 8) |
| Mughal Green (Flag of Mughal Empire) (Hex: #306030) (RGB: 48, 96, 98) |
| Hunter Green (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #355E3B) (RGB: 53, 94, 59) |
| Feldgrau (Mindjunker) (Hex: #4D5D53) (RGB: 77, 93, 83) |
| Army Green (Hex: #4B5320) (RGB: 75, 83, 32) |
| Rifle Green (Pantone TPX 19-0419) (Hex: #444C38) (RGB: 68, 76, 56) |
| Gray-Asparagus (Hex: #465945) (RGB: 70, 89, 69) |
| British Racing Green (Modern) (representative sample) (Hex: #1B4D3E) (RGB: 27, 77, 62) |
| Midnight Green (Eagle Green) (Hex: #004953) (RGB: 0, 73, 83) |
| Deep Jungle Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #004B49) (RGB: 0, 75, 73) |
| Kombu Green (Pantone TPX 19-0417) (Hex: #354230) (RGB: 53, 66, 48) |
| Medium Jungle Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #1C352D) (RGB: 28, 53, 45) |
| Phthalo Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #123524) (RGB: 18, 53, 26) |
| Dark Jungle Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #1A2421) (RGB: 26, 36, 33) |
| Charleston Green (Hex: #1A2118) (RGB: 26, 33, 24) |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Green.
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- Chartreuse green
- Emerald green
- Erin
- Fruitamins
- Grape
- Gray-green
- Harlequin green
- Kiwi green
- Lime green
- Mint green
- Olive green
- Parrot
- Spring green
- Sweet Lime green
- Viridian
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