| Forest green | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #228B22 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (34, 139, 34) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (120°, 76%, 55%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (51, 70, 128°) |
| Source | X11 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Forest green is a green color said to resemble the color of the trees and other plants in a forest.
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]
Forest green is a representation of the average color of the leaves of the trees of a temperate zone deciduous forest.
| Forest green (Crayola) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #5FA777 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (95, 167, 119) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (140°, 43%, 65%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (63, 45, 139°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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 | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #00755E |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 117, 94) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (168°, 100%, 46%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (44, 38, 163°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the color tropical rainforest, a bluish-shade of forest green.
The color tropical rainforest was formulated by Crayola in 1993.
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