Green

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This box shows the color green.

Green is a color. It is one of the colors of the rainbow. Green is between the yellow and blue colors in a rainbow. Green paint can be made by mixing yellow paint and blue paint together.

Green light, like all light, is formed from waves. In its wave, the distance between the smallest repeating parts (the wavelength) 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.

[change] Meaning of Green

Green is seen as the color of nature. It is a symbol of growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility.

Green is also associated with money in the United States (American dollars are called greenbacks).

Green is also seen as be able to stay the same and endurance. Sometimes green can stand for "no experience". For example, a 'greenhorn' is a beginner. In heraldry, green stands for growth and hope. Green also stands for safety. It is the color for "GO" on traffic lights.

Because green is seen as the color of nature, it is often used with environment-friendly products.

A person who is said to have a green thumb is good at growing plants.

Dark green is associated with ambition, greed, jealousy, and envy.

A very pale Yellow-green can mean sickness, being scared, discord, jealousy, and envy.

However, a bright chartreuse green can mean health and healing.

Olive green is the traditional color of peace.

[change] Tones of green color comparison chart

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)
Aquamarine (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: #ECF245) (RGB: 236, 242, 69)
Chartreuse Yellow (traditional Chartreuse) (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 (Hex: #C9DC89) (RGB: 202, 220, 137)
Lime Pulp (Hex: #D1E189) (RGB: 200, 225, 137)
Electric Lime (Crayola) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0)
Lime (Hex: #BFFF00) (RGB: 191, 255, 0)
Green-Yellow (web color) (Hex: #ADFF2F) (RGB: 173, 255, 47)
Spring Bud (Hex: #A7FC00) (RGB: 167, 252, 0)
June Bud (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 (Hex: #ACE1AF) (RGB:172, 225, 175)
Moss Green (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 (Screamin’ Green) (Crayola) (Hex: #66FF66) (RGB: 102, 255, 102)
Erin (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) (Hex: #7FFF00) (RGB: 127, 255, 0)
Bright Green (Hex: #66FF00) (RGB: 102, 255, 0)
Harlequin (Hex: #3FFF00) (RGB: 63, 255, 0)
GREEN (web color "Lime") (Hex: #00FF00) (RGB: 0, 255, 0)
Pastel Green (Hex: #77DD77) (RGB: 119, 221, 119)
Malachite (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)
Kelly Green (Hex: #4CBB17) (RGB: 76, 187, 23)
Mantis (Praying Mantis) (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #74C365) (RGB: 116, 195, 101)
Emerald Green (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)
Light Sea Green (Hex: #20B2AA) (RGB: 32, 178, 170)
Medium Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #3CB371) (RGB: 60, 179, 113)
Pigment Green (Hex: #00A550) (RGB: 0, 165, 80)
Deep Green (Crayola Green) (Hex: #01A368) (RGB: 1, 163, 104)
Jade Green (Hex: #00A86B) (RGB: 0, 168, 107)
Green (NCS) (Hex: #009F6B) (RGB: 0, 159, 107)
Green (Munsell) (Munsell 5G Green) (Hex: #00A877) (RGB: 0, 168, 119)
Mint (Hex: #3EB489) (RGB: 62, 180, 137)
Jungle Green (Crayola) (Hex: #29AB87) (RGB: 41, 171, 135)
Persian Green (Hex: #00A693) (RGB: 0, 166, 147)
Mountain Meadow (Crayola) (Hex: #1AB385) (RGB: 26, 179, 33)
Shamrock Green (Hex: #009E60) (RGB: 0, 158, 96)
Islamic Green (Hex: #009900) (RGB: 0, 153, 0)
India Green (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 (Hex: #7BA05B) (RGB: 123, 160, 91)
Bay Leaf (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #7DA98D) (RGB: 125, 169, 141)
Dark Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #8FBC8F) (RGB: 143, 188, 143)
Olivine (Hex: #9AB973) (RGB: 154, 185, 115)
Pistachio (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 (Hex: #8DB600) (RGB: 141, 182, 0)
Olive Drab (web color) (Hex: #6BBE23) (RGB: 107, 142, 35)
Medium Harlequin (Hex: #44944A) (RGB: 68, 148, 74)
Office Green (HTML/CSS “Green”) (Hex: #008000) (RGB: 0, 128, 0)
Napier Green (Original British Racing Green) (Hex: #3B7E00) (RGB: 59, 126, 0)
Dark Olive Green (web color) (Hex: #556B2F) (RGB: 85, 107, 47)
Olive (web color) (Hex: #808000) (RGB: 128, 128, 0)
Camouflage Green (Hex: #78866B) (RGB: 120, 134, 107)
Sap Green (Hex: #507D2A) (RGB: 80, 125, 42)
Fern Green (Hex: #4F7942) (RGB: 79, 121, 66)
Teal (web color) (Hex: #008080) (RGB: 0, 128, 128)
Blue-Green (Crayola) (Hex: #0095B6) (RGB: 0, 149, 182)
Pine Green (Hex: #01796F) (RGB:1, 121, 111)
Skobeloff (Hex: #007474) (RGB: 0, 122, 116)
Viridian (Hex: #40826D) (RGB:64, 130, 109)
Amazon (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #3B7A57) (RGB: 59, 122, 87)
Tropical Rain Forest (Crayola) (Hex: #00755E) (RGB: 0, 117, 94)
Dark Spring Green (web color) (Hex: #177245) (RGB: 23, 114, 69)
Dark Green (web color) (Hex: #006400) (RGB: 0, 100, 0)
Hunter Green (Hex: #355E3B) (RGB: 53, 94, 59)
Feldgrau (Hex: #4D5D53) (RGB: 77, 93, 83)
Army Green (Hex: #4B5320) (RGB: 75, 83, 82)
Rifle Green (Hex: #414833) (RGB: 65, 72, 51)
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 (Hex: #004B49) (RGB: 0, 75, 73)
Medium Jungle Green (Hex: #1C352D) (RGB: 28, 53, 45)
Dark Jungle Green (Hex: #1A2421) (RGB: 26, 36, 33)
Charleston Green (Hex: #1A2118) (RGB: 26, 33, 24)