Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a green or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is 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. Many shades of green have been named after plants or are related to plants. Due to varying ratios of chlorophylls (and different amounts as well as other plant pigments being present), the plant kingdom exhibits many shades of green in both hue (true color) and value (lightness/darkness). The chlorophylls in living plants have distinctive green colors, while dried or cooked portions of plants are different shades of green due to the chlorophyll molecules losing their inner magnesium ion.
Artichoke
Hex triplet #8F9779
RGB (r, g, b) (143, 151, 121)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (5, 0, 20, 41)
HSV (h, s, v) (76°, 20%, 59%)
Artichoke is a color that is a representation of the color of a raw fresh uncooked artichoke. Another name for this color is artichoke green.
Artichoke green (Pantone)
Hex triplet #4B6F44
RGB (r, g, b) (75, 111, 68)
This is the color called artichoke green in Pantone. The source is Pantone 18-0125 TPX
Asparagus
Hex triplet #87A96B
RGB (r, g, b) (135, 169, 107)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (20, 0, 37, 34)
HSV (h, s, v) (93°, 37%, 66%)
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.
Avocado
Hex triplet #568203
RGB (r, g, b) (86, 130, 3)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (34, 0, 98, 49)
HSV (h, s, v) (81°, 98%, 51%)
Avocado is a color that is a representation of the color of the outer surface of an avocado.
Dark green
Hex triplet #013220
RGB (r, g, b) (1, 50, 32)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (98, 0, 36, 80)
HSV (h, s, v) (158°, 98%, 20%)
Dark green is a dark shade of green. A different shade of green has been designated as “dark green (X11)” for certain computer uses.
Fern green
Hex triplet #4F7942
RGB (r, g, b) (79, 121, 66)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (71, 32, 90, 18)
HSV (h, s, v) (106°, 45%, 47%)
Fern
Hex triplet #71BC78
RGB (r, g, b) (113, 188, 120)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (40, 0, 36, 26)
HSV (h, s, v) (126°, 40%, 74%)
Fern green is a color that resembles ferns. A Crayola crayon named fern was created in 1998, which is a lighter shade of the top color shown on the right.
Forest green
Hex triplet #228B22
RGB (r, g, b) (34, 139, 34)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 50, 100, 50)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 76%, 55%)
Hedera in Hyde Park, Sydney
Forest green refers to a green color said to resemble the color of the trees and other plants in a forest.
Hex triplet #DADD98
RGB (r, g, b) (218, 221, 152)
Hooker’s green
Hex triplet #49796B
RGB (r, g, b) (73, 121, 107)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (73, 36, 59, 15)
HSV (h, s, v) (163°, 39.7%, 47.5%)
Hooker’s green is a dark green color created by mixing Prussian blue and Gamboge. It is displayed on the right.
Jungle green
Hex triplet #29AB87
RGB (r, g, b) (41, 171, 135)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (50, 0, 50, 2)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 80%, 70%)
In 1990, Crayola named and formulated this specific tone of jungle green.
Laurel green
Hex triplet #A9BA9D
RGB (r, g, b) (169, 186, 157)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (9, 0, 16, 27)
HSV (h, s, v) (95°, 16%, 73%)
Laurel green is a medium light hue of greenish gray similar to asparagus, but lighter.
Light green
Hex triplet #90EE90
RGB (r, g, b) (144, 238, 144)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (40, 0, 40, 7)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 39%, 93%)
Light green is a light tint of green.
Mantis
Hex triplet #74C365
RGB (r, g, b) (116, 195, 101)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (41, 0, 48, 24)
HSV (h, s, v) (110°, 48%, 77%)
Mantis is a color that is a representation of the color of a praying mantis.
Mint green
Hex triplet #98FB98
RGB (r, g, b) (152, 251, 152)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (39, 0, 39, 2)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 39%, 98%)
Mint green is a pale tint of green that resembles the color of mint green pigment, and was a popular color in the 1950s, and 1990s.
Moss green
Hex triplet #8A9A5B
RGB (r, g, b) (138, 154, 91)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (10, 0, 41, 40)
HSV (h, s, v) (75°, 41%, 60%)
Moss green is a tone of green that resembles moss.
Dark moss green
Hex triplet #4A5D23
RGB (r, g, b) (74, 93, 35)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (20, 0, 62, 64)
HSV (h, s, v) (80°, 62%, 36%)
Myrtle green
Hex triplet #317873
RGB (r, g, b) (49, 120, 115)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (59, 0, 4, 53)
HSV (h, s, v) (176°, 59%, 47%)
Myrtle green, also called myrtle, is a color which is a representation of the color of the leaves of the myrtle plant.
Pine green
Hex triplet #01796F
RGB (r, g, b) (1, 121, 111)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (99, 0, 8, 53)
HSV (h, s, v) (175°, 99%, 47%)
Pine green is a rich shade of spring green that resembles the color of pine trees. It is an official Crayola color (since 1903) that is this exact shade in the Crayola crayon, but in the markers, it is known as crocodile green.
Reseda green
Colour coordinates
Hex triplet #6c7c59
RGB (r, g, b) (108, 124, 89)
Reseda green is a shade of greyish green in the classic range of colours of the German RAL colour standard, where it is colour 6011. The name derives from the colour of the leaves of Reseda odorata, commonly known as mignonette.
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. Sap green paint was frequently used on Bob Ross’ TV show, The Joy of Painting.
Shamrock green (Irish green)
Hex triplet #009E60
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 158, 96)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 86, 3)
HSV (h, s, v) (156°, 100%, 62%)
Shamrock green is a tone of green that represents the color of shamrocks, a symbol of Ireland. Another name for this color is shamrock.
Tea green
Hex triplet #D0F0C0
RGB (r, g, b) (208, 240, 192)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (13, 0, 20, 6)
HSV (h, s, v) (100°, 20%, 94%)
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.
Teal
Hex triplet #008080
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 128, 128)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 0, 50)
HSV (h, s, v) (180°, 100%, 50%)
Teal is displayed at right. It is a dark cyan color that is a representation of the color of the neck coloring of a duck called the common teal.
Olive
Hex triplet #808000
RGB (r, g, b) (128, 128, 0)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 0, 100, 50)
HSV (h, s, v) (60°, 100%, 50%)
Olive is the shade of dark yellow-green found on green olives. It has been commonly used by militaries around the world as a color for uniforms and equipment.
Computer web color greens
Green
Hex triplet #00FF00
RGB (r, g, b) (00, 255, 00)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 100, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 100%, 100%)
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 range of colors that are capable of being represented on a computer or television set.
This color is also called regular 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.
Green (HTML/CSS color)
Hex triplet #008000
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 128, 0)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 100, 50)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 100%, 50%)
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 eight-bit computer palettes.
Another name for this color is green W3C.
Green green (X11)
Hex triplet #006500
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 100, 0)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (101, 102, 101, 67)
HSV (h, s, v) (100°, 140%, 38%)
Additional definitions of green
Green (CMYK) (pigment green)
Hex triplet #00A550
RGB (r, g, b) (00, 165, 80)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 100, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (149°, 100%, 65%)
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.
Green (NCS) (psychological primary green)
Hex triplet #009F6B
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 159, 107)
HSV (h, s, v) (160°, 100%, 63%)
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.
Green (Munsell)
Hex triplet #00A877
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 168, 119)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 29, 54)
HSV (h, s, v) (163°, 100%, 66%)
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.
Green (Pantone)
Hex triplet #00AD83
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 173, 131)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 24, 32)
HSV (h, s, v) (165°, 100%, 68%)
Green (Pantone) is the color that is called green in Pantone.
The source of this color is the “Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)” color list, color # green C, EC, HC, PC, U, or UP—green.
Green (Crayola)
Hex triplet #1CAC78
RGB (r, g, b) (28, 172, 120)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (84, 0, 30, 32)
HSV (h, s, v) (158°, 84%, 68%)
Green (Crayola) is the color called green in Crayola crayons.
Green was one of the original Crayola crayons introduced in 1903.
Other notable green colors
Army green
Hex triplet #4B5320
RGB (r, g, b) (75, 83, 32)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (10, 0, 62, 67)
HSV (h, s, v) (69°, 61%, 33%)
The color army green has been used in militaries since at least World War II, and possibly before, though the precise tint varies considerably between and within different nations. (See olive drab and olive green)
Bottle green
Hex triplet #006A4E
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 106, 78)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 26, 58)
HSV (h, s, v) (164°, 100%, 42%)
Bottle green is a dark shade of green, similar to pine green. It is a representation of the color of green glass bottles.
Bright green
Hex triplet #66FF00
RGB (r, g, b) (102, 255, 0)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (60, 0, 100, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (96°, 100%, 100%)
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.
Bright mint
Hex triplet #4FFFB0
RGB (r, g, b) (79, 255, 176)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (69, 0, 31, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (153°, 68%, 100%)
Displayed at right is the color bright mint.
Brunswick green
Hex triplet #1B4D3E
RGB (r, g, b) (27, 77, 62)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (65, 0, 20, 70)
HSV (h, s, v) (162°, 65%, 30%)
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.
Cal Poly Pomona green
Hex triplet #1E4D2B
RGB (r, g, b) (30, 77, 43)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 83, 47y)
HSV (h, s, v) (137°, 61.0%, 30.2%)
Cal Poly Pomona green is one of the two official colors of California State Polytechnic University,.
Castleton green
Hex triplet #00563B
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 86, 59)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (90, 40, 83, 38)
HSV (h, s, v) (164°, 100%, 34%)
Castleton green is one of the two official colors of Castleton University in Vermont.
Celadon
Hex triplet #ACE1AF
RGB (r, g, b) (172, 225, 175)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (24, 0, 22, 12)
HSV (h, s, v) (123°, 24%, 88%)
Celadon /ˈsɛlədɒn/ is a pale greyish shade of green.
Celadon green
Hex triplet #2F847C
RGB (r, g, b) (47, 132, 124)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (64, 0, 6, 48)
HSV (h, s, v) (174°, 64%, 52%)
Dark pastel green
Hex triplet #03C03C
RGB (r, g, b) (3, 192, 60)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (98, 0, 69, 25)
HSV (h, s, v) (138°, 98%, 75%)
Emerald
Hex triplet #50C878
RGB (r, g, b) (80, 200, 120)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (60, 0, 40, 22)
HSV (h, s, v) (140°, 60%, 78%)
Emerald, also called emerald green, is a tone of green that is particularly light and bright, with a faint bluish cast. The name derives from the typical appearance of the gemstone emerald.
Feldgrau
Hex triplet #4D5D53
RGB (r, g, b) (77, 93, 83)
HSV (h, s, v) (56°, 7%, 14%)
Feldgrau (field grey) was the color of the field uniform of the German Army from late 1907 until 1945, and the East German NVA armies. 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).
GO Transit green
Hex triplet #00AB66
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 171, 102)
GO green was the color used for the brand of GO Transit, the regional commuter service in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 1967 and 2013, the brand and color that has adorned each of its train, buses, and other property generally remained unchanged. It also matched the shade of green used on signs for highways in Ontario. In July 2013, GO Transit updated its look to a two-tone color scheme.
Green-yellow
Hex triplet #ADFF2F
RGB (r, g, b) (173, 255, 47)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (32, 0, 82, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (84°, 82%, 100%)
Green-yellow is a mixture of the colors green and yellow. It is a web color. It is a light tint of chartreuse.
Harlequin
Hex triplet #3FFF00
RGB (r, g, b) (63, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (105°, 100%, 100%)
Harlequin is a color described as being located between green and yellow (closer to green than to yellow) on the color wheel.
Hunter green
Hex triplet #355E3B
RGB (r, g, b) (53, 94, 59)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (75, 0, 75, 75)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 45%, 45%)
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. Some hunters still wear hunter green clothing or hunter green bandanas.
India green
Hex triplet #138808
RGB (r, g, b) (19, 136, 8)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 70, 30)
HSV (h, s, v) (115°, 94%, 53%)
India green, the color of the lower band of the Indian National Flag, represents fertility and prosperity.
Islamic green
Hex triplet #009000
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 144, 0)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 100, 44)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 100%, 56.5%)
Islamic green is the shade of green used in the Flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Green symbolizes Islam because the tribe of the prophet Muhammad had a green banner and because green represented paradise to desert dwelling bedouin tribes when they gathered at an oasis.
Jade
Hex triplet #00A86B
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 168, 107)
HSV (h, s, v) (158°, 100%, 66%)
Jade, also called jade green is a representation of the color of the gemstone called jade, although the stone itself varies widely in hue.
Malachite
Hex triplet #0BDA51
RGB (r, g, b) (11, 218, 81)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (60, 0, 40, 22)
HSV (h, s, v) (140°, 95%, 85%)
Malachite, also called malachite green, is a color that is a representation of the color of the mineral malachite.
Neon green
Hex triplet #39FF14
RGB (r, g, b) (57, 255, 20)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (77, 0, 92, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (111°, 92%, 100%)
Neon green is a bright tone of green used in psychedelic art and in fashion.
Slytherin green
Hex triplet #008000
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 128, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 80%, 50%)
The conservative shade of green shown on the right, called Slytherin green, or alternatively office green, was the color designated as “green” in HTML, as opposed to the brighter X11 green.
Pakistan green
Hex triplet #006600
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 102, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 100%, 40%)
Pakistan green is a shade of dark green, used in web development and graphic design. It is also the background color of the Flag of Pakistan. It is almost identical to the HTML/X11 dark green in sRGB and HSV values.
Paris green
Hex triplet #50C878
RGB (r, g, b) (80, 200, 120)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (60, 0, 40, 22)
HSV (h, s, v) (140°, 60%, 78%)
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
Hex triplet #00A693
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 166, 147)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (80, 0, 22, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (135°, 75%, 60%)
Persian green is a color used in Persian pottery and Persian carpets in Iran.
Rifle green
Hex triplet #444C38
RGB (r, g, b) (68, 76, 56)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (11, 0, 26, 70)
HSV (h, s, v) (84°, 26%, 30%)
The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color No. 19-0419 TPX—Rifle green.
Russian green
Hex triplet #679267
RGB (r, g, b) (103, 146, 103)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (30, 0, 30, 43)
HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 30%, 57%)
The first recorded use of Russian green as a color name in English was in the 1830s (exact year uncertain). The term appears to refer to the medium shade of green worn by most regiments of the Imperial Russian Army from 1700 to 1914.
Sacramento State green
Hex triplet #043927
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 78, 56)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (89, 19, 72, 60)
HSV (h, s, v) (164°, 100%, 34%)
Screamin’ green
Hex triplet #76FF7A
RGB (r, g, b) (118, 255, 122)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (137, 0, 133, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (156°, 100%, 62%)
Sea green
Hex triplet #2E8B57
RGB (r, g, b) (46, 139, 87)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (81, 21, 83, 7)
HSV (h, s, v) (146°, 67%, 55%)
Sea green is a color that resembles the sea floor as seen from the surface.
SGBUS green
Hex triplet #55dd33
RGB (r, g, b) (85, 221, 51)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (61.5, 0, 76.9, 13.3)
HSV (h, s, v) (108°, 76.9%, 86.7%)
SGBUS green is the color voted by the public and used by Singapore to colour all its government-owned public buses.
Spanish green
Hex triplet #009150
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 145, 80)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 100, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (153°, 100%, 57%)
Spanish green is the color that is called “verde” (the Spanish word for “green”) in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.
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