This is an accepted version of this page 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.

Green takes up a large portion of the CIE chromaticity diagram because it is in the central area of human color perception.

[9] Harlequin is a pure spectral color at approximately 552 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.

Similarly, it can mean anything multicolored or prismatic, such as opals or other precious gems which are highly variegated in color and hue.

Neon green became a signature of English singer/songwriter Charli XCX with the release of her 2024 album Brat.

[24] It evokes the lush green Irish meadows and is also commonly associated with St. Patrick's Day.

[27] Laurel green is a medium light hue of chartreuish gray similar to asparagus, but lighter.

[39] Sap green is a green-looking pigment that was traditionally made of ripe buckthorn berries mixed with alum.

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.

It is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.

By taking acetic acid, mixing and boiling it with vinegar, and then by adding some arsenic, a bright blue-green hue was formed.

The color name jade green was first used in Spanish in the form piedra de ijada in 1569.

The first recorded use of malachite green as a color name in English was in the 1200s (exact year uncertain).

However, the name, which is European, may originate from the character Celadon in L'Astrée, a French pastoral novel of 1627, who wore a light green color.

[62][63] Celadon glazes were very common, with the green color being reliably produced from about the tenth century onwards; this was appreciated in Asia for resembling jade, the most prestigious material of all.

As well as green, a wide range of browns, yellows, greys and sometimes blues all count as "celadon".

Hunter green is one of the colors defined by the bandana code of the gay leather subculture.

[70][71][72] Prison uniforms issued by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision are colored hunter green.

[73] New York City uses hunter green on its construction site fences and sidewalk sheds.

Thus in 817, when the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun adopted the Alid Ali al-Ridha a his heir-apparent, he also changed the dynastic color from black to green.

Green and white are the primary school colors representing Michigan State University.

The official green of Michigan State University is represented by Pantone Matching System ink color 567 (PMS 567).

NDHU green is the official color of National Dong Hwa University, adopted in 1994.

The vegetable based dyes used during the 18th and early 19th centuries were not fast, frequently fading after exposure to the elements to lighter shades of green or even brown.

While this had advantages in terms of reduced visibility on active service, it did not make for a smart appearance on the peace-time parade ground.

After 1890 the development of chemical dyes permitted the adoption of the stable shade of rifle green now worn.

Previously, rifle green uniforms had been issued to Hiram Berdan's elite 1st and 2nd United States Sharpshooters during the American Civil War.

[88] Rifle green is 19–0419 TPX in the Pantone palette, or hex code #444C38 in the sRGB color space, as shown above.

The first recorded use of Russian green as a color name in English was in the 1830s (exact year uncertain).

[91] The term appears to refer to the medium shade of green worn by most regiments of the Imperial Russian Army from 1700 to 1914.