Green color is in the top threecommon colors in nature. In addition, there are countless shades of it. It is very difficult to list all the names of shades of green. After all, if in the computer color palette of RGB there are only two hundred and fifty-six, then the human eye is able to distinguish between several thousand of them, and some animals see tens of thousands of tones. Therefore, it is worth mentioning only the most common shades.
His Majesty is green
To admire the whole palette of green,just walk along the lawn or in the park on a sunny summer or spring day. Then you can see all of it, because thanks to the chlorophyll contained in the leaves, most plants have such an amazing shade.
In the old days, green was considered a symbol of life.It is noteworthy that in Christianity (Orthodoxy) it was a symbol of many saints and blessed. Therefore, icons were often painted in green. And in Islam in general, green is the sacred color of religion itself, it is colorfully glorified in the Qur'an.
In the same polygraphy, to get a fullgreen, you must either mix one hundred percent blue and the same yellow (for CMYK), or set the value of green to two hundred and fifty-five (for RGB). And the color itself has coordinates # 00FF00.
The most common shades of green
The names of all shades of green are verydifficult to count, because there are about a few thousand. However, you can focus on the most common of them, which, in turn, have a lot of their own colors.
So, the most common names for shades of green are lime, turquoise, aquamarine, emerald, olive and pistachio.
Light green
Light green color (coordinates # 99ff99), or, ascorrectly speak, yellow-green, familiar to everyone. His "popular" nickname comes from the name of an annual herb called "lettuce."
Light green color refers to light shades of green, only slightly different from the classic tone of green. In English, this color is called - light green.
In turn, the lime tone hasown shades of green. The palette, the names of these shades have a few dozen names, and even more nameless shades. Lime plain, French, green and electric; Chartreuse pear (plain and yellow), neon green and green meadow color - these are just a small list of the most famous light green colors.
It is interesting that psychologists experimentallyproved that only lime color and its shades tend to have a positive impact on the development of the psyche of preschool children. Perhaps for this reason, the illustrations for children's books and computer games are full of light green colors.
Aquamarine and turquoise
In contrast to the lime tone, aquamarine(coordinates # 7FFFD4) and turquoise (coordinates # 30D5C8) are not directly green: they are transitional shades of blue-green. Their names are also very diverse, especially when you consider that some of the colors belong to the blue palette, and some to green.
So, there are light, dark, pale, bright and medium turquoise colors. Not to mention the color of the thrush egg, the electrician and the turquoise pearl.
It is worth noting that the color of aquamarine is often considered one of the shades of turquoise.
An interesting fact: both shades - both turquoise and aquamarine - are named after natural minerals.
Emerald
If the green color is most positiveperceived by preschoolers, the emerald (coordinates # 50C878) is one of the most enjoyable for adults. And although it also belongs to the blue-green gamut, it stands alone, unlike turquoise and aquamarine. Although in the same way as these names of shades of green color, it is derived from the name of the mineral - emerald.
In contrast to the above colors,emerald color does not have such a huge variety of names of its tones. Like turquoise, its shades range from light, bright and similar to dark emerald. Separate tones also exist, such as jade, dark spring-green and a shade of red sea.
Olive and Pistachio
Такие названия оттенков зеленого цвета, как Olive (coordinates # 808000) and pistachio (coordinates # BEF574) are warm tones. It is noteworthy that they both originated from the names of plants. However, unlike light green, they are darker.
Olive tone is called correctly"dark yellow-green color". Its benchmark is the color of the fruit of the olive tree. As a rule, to get this shade, add yellow and black tones to green. Sometimes the olive color palette can be very close to beige tones.
The olive tones are not only dark andits light varieties, but also the colors called olive wreath, olive feast and whisper of the forest, heavenly freshness, noise of herbs (although the latter tone can be attributed to pistachio color in the same way).
Pistachio color is quite similar to olive, but much lighter and is often considered its shade. His tones are very close to beige and light brown.
There are different colors of green shades.Unfortunately, not everyone has the name. In most cases, for convenience, each color and its shade has a certain numerical value, knowing that the tone is easy to find in a catalog or reproduced on a computer in one of the programs for working with graphics. However, to do this, you first need to know the basic shades of green, since all others are simply varieties of them.
