Forest green
Forest green | ||
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(51, 70, 128°) | ||
Source | X11 | |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Forest green is 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 website color display, is written in the form forestgreen (no space).[1]
The first recorded use of forest green as a color name in English was in 1810.[2]
Forest green is a representation of the average color of the
deciduous forest
.
Shades
Forest green (Crayola)
Forest green (Crayola) | ||
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(63, 45, 139°) | ||
Source | Crayola | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Displayed at right is the color called "forest green" in Crayola crayons. Forest green has been a Crayola crayon name since 1958, when it was renamed from dark green.
Tropical rainforest
Tropical Rainforest | ||
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(44, 38, 163°) | ||
Source | Crayola | |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate green | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Displayed at right is the color tropical rainforest, a bluish-shade of forest green.
The color tropical rainforest was formulated by Crayola in 1993.
In culture
Cartography
- Forest green is used to represent deciduous forest on maps depicting natural vegetation.
Environmentalism
- 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.
- A forest green environmentalist (also called a dark green environmentalist) is an environmentalist who is seriously committed to environmentalism.[3]
School colors
- Forest green is one of the school colors of .
Scouting
- Forest green is used in the uniforms of the Venture Scouts, and other Scouting organizations.
Military
- Forest green is a frequent color used in woodland camouflage. Beyond camo uniforms, soldiers will spray their weapons using a multitude of colors including forest green to what would otherwise be black or wooden material.
Sports
- Forest green is one of the team colors of the NHLhas forest green as one of their team colors.
See also
- Pine green
References
- ^ W3C. "SVG Color Keywords, CSS3 Color Module, W3C Candidate Recommendation 14 May 2003". Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; color sample of Forest Green: Page 69 Plate 23 Color Sample L6
- ^ Go halfway down web page where it says “How Green is Nest”?: