Forest green

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

Forest green
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#228B22
HSV       (h, s, v)(120°, 76%, 55%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(34, 139, 34)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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.

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

  • Pine green

References

  1. W3C. "SVG Color Keywords, CSS3 Color Module, W3C Candidate Recommendation 14 May 2003". Retrieved 2007-01-06.
  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. Go halfway down web page where it says “How Green is Nest”?:
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