Android green British racing green Celadon Celadon is a pale greyish shade of green, or rather a range of such shades.
Celadon originates as a term for a class of
Chinese ceramics, copied by Korea and Japan. 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. 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. The
glaze color comes from
iron oxide's transformation from
ferric to
ferrous iron (Fe2O3 → FeO) during the firing process, but is affected by a wide range of other factors and chemicals, making the precise color very difficult to control. As well as green, a wide range of browns, yellows, greys and sometimes blues all count as "celadon".
Hungarian green The web color
Hungarian green is a dark green color seen on the national
flag of Hungary.
Hunter green Hunter green is a color that is a representation of the color worn as
camouflage 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. The first recorded use of
hunter green as a color name in English was in 1892. Hunter green has been the official primary color of the
Green Bay Packers since 1957, the
New York Jets from 1998 to 2019, one of the two official colors of
Ohio University and
Oswego State, and one of the two official colors of the
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. It is also one of the main colors of
Deerfield Academy. Hunter green is one of the colors defined by the
bandana code of the
gay leather subculture. A hunter green bandana, if worn on the left, indicates that one is a "leather daddy", whereas if a hunter green bandana is worn on the right, it indicates that one is looking for a leather daddy, i.e., looking for a "daddy-boy" relationship.
Prison uniforms issued by the
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision are colored hunter green. New York City uses hunter green on its
construction site fences and
sidewalk sheds.
India green India green, the color of the lower band of the national
flag of India, represents fertility and prosperity. It originates with a flag proposed by
Mahatma Gandhi, with green representing
Islam and
India saffron representing
Hinduism.
Islamic green The color
green () has a number of traditional associations in
Islam. In the
Quran, it is associated with
Islamic paradise. It was also chosen as a color by pro-
Alid (
Shi'a) factions. 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. The change was reverted when al-Ma'mun had Ali killed, and returned to
Baghdad in 819. Green remains particularly popular in Shi'ite iconography, but it is also widely used in by Sunni states. It is notably used in the
flag of Saudi Arabia and
flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
MSU green Green and white are the primary school colors representing
Michigan State University. The university
board of trustees officially standardized MSU green as part of a larger university branding effort, replacing a lighter green (PMS 341) used from 1997 to 2010. The official color was chosen based on the traditional darker Spartan green found on the original university varsity letter jackets and marching band jackets. The official green of Michigan State University is represented by Pantone Matching System ink color 567 (PMS 567).
NDHU green NDHU green is the official color of
National Dong Hwa University, adopted in 1994. The university officially set NDHU green as part of a larger university branding effort. It represents the books, forest of knowledge, and its campus with nature-based setting.
Pakistan green Pakistan green is a shade of dark green, used in web development and graphic design. It originates with the field of green used on the
flag of Pakistan, only stipulated as "dark green" in the national
flag code. It is almost identical to the HTML/
X11 dark green in
sRGB and
HSV values.
Persian green Persian green is a color used in
Persian pottery and
Persian carpets in Iran. The first recorded use of
Persian green as a color name in English was in 1892.
Rifle green The source of
rifle green is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color No. 19-0419 TPX—Rifle green. The first recorded use of
rifle green as a color name in English was in 1858. Rifle green is so named from the distinctive color of the uniform of rifle regiments (a form of
light infantry) of a number of European armies, and is still used as such by rifle regiments in many
Commonwealth armies, such as
the Rifles and
Royal Gurkha Rifles of the
British Army and the
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Rifle green was originally adopted by rifle regiments in the 18th century, including the famous
95th Rifles of the
Napoleonic Wars. As the traditional role of riflemen was that of
marksmen and
skirmishers who attacked behind the cover of trees, a dark green uniform was adopted as an early form of
camouflage, as opposed to the colorful uniforms worn by other soldiers of the period. 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. Accordingly, the color of the rifleman's uniform was progressively darkened until it approached black. After 1890 the development of chemical dyes permitted the adoption of the stable shade of rifle green now worn. Rifle green was the official uniform colour of the
Canadian Forces (CF) after unification; it was thereafter generally referred to as "CF green". After the introduction of the
distinctive environmental uniform (DEU), rifle green remained as the uniform colour of the winter land environment DEU; a short-lived tan uniform was worn in summer. After the demise of the tans, the rifle green DEU was worn year-round. Rifle green was also the colour of the uniform worn by the Northern Irish
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) until 2001 where the RUC was renamed the
PSNI and while the uniform color remained the same, terminology changed to "bottle green". In the U.S. armed forces, personnel qualified as special forces soldiers wear a
green beret, which has given them their nickname. Rifle green uniforms were issued to
Hiram Berdan's elite
1st and
2nd United States Sharpshooters during the
American Civil War. Rifle green is 19–0419 TPX in the Pantone palette, or hex code #444C38 in the
sRGB color space, as shown above. Despite being referred to as bottle green in some contexts, Pantone rifle green is a distinct shade from
RAL 6007 Bottle green.
Russian green 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.
SGBUS green SGBUS green is the color voted by the public and used by
Singapore to color all its government-owned public buses.
Xbox green Xbox green is the shade of green used for the
Xbox branding. == See also ==