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Forest green

Forest green

Average color of the leaves of the trees of a temperate zone deciduous forest

For other uses, see Forest Green.

Forest green is a green color said to resemble the color of the trees and other plants in a forest.

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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]

Ferns in a forest

Forest green is a representation of the average color of the leaves of the trees of a temperate zone deciduous forest.

Shades

Forest green (Crayola)

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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

Main article: Jungle green § Tropical rainforest
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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

School colors

Scouting

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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    W3C. "SVG Color Keywords, CSS3 Color Module, W3C Candidate Recommendation 14 May 2003". Retrieved 2007-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. [2]
    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
  3. [3]
    Go halfway down web page where it says “How Green is Nest”?:
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