All colours
698 colours written up so far, best known first, and 1,292 named values in the swatch book. 90 more are on the list to be written.
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Green
The colour between cyan and yellow, seen widely in plants and natureBasic colour 路 馃嚠馃嚜 Ireland +1
Green
Malachite
A banded green mineral and pigment once prized for art and decorationColour named from nature 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +4
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Olive
A dark yellowish green, like the colour of unripe olivesNamed shade
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Paris Green
A toxic emerald-green pigment once prized in art and used as an early insecticidePigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +4
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Lime
A sharp yellow-green named for the skin of the lime fruitNamed shade
Green
Malachite green
A synthetic green dye once common for silk, now controversial in aquacultureDye 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China +3
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Chartreuse
A bright yellow-green named after a French liqueurNamed shade
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Verdigris
A historic bluish-green pigment formed on copper and used in art since antiquityPigment 路 馃嚞馃嚪 Greece +1
Green
Celadon闈掔摲
A jade-green ceramic glaze prized in East Asian pottery for centuriesNamed shade 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China +4
Green
Scheele's green
A yellowish-green pigment once prized for its brilliance, now infamous for its toxicityPigment
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Spring green
A bright green halfway between green and cyan on the RGB colour wheelNamed shade
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Viridian
A blue-green pigment made from hydrated chromium oxide, valued in painting since the 1800sPigment
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Forest green
A deep green matching the leaves of temperate forestsNamed shade
Green
Jade
A decorative stone prized for its green shades and cultural meaning across continentsColour named from nature 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China +5
Green
Bioluminescence
Light produced by living things through a chemical reactionColour named from nature
Green
Green fluorescent protein
A jellyfish protein that glows green under blue or ultraviolet lightColour named from nature
Green
Chromium(III) oxide
A strong green pigment and polishing compound made from chromium orePigment
Green
Glauconite
A soft green mineral used as a pigment and in fertilisersColour named from nature 路 馃嚙馃嚪 Brazil +2
Green
Vert
The heraldic name for green, seen on coats of arms and many national flagsHeraldic colour 路 馃嚙馃嚪 Brazil +4
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Feldgrau
A green-grey shade long used for military uniforms in Germany and beyondNamed shade 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +5
Green
Cobalt green
A green pigment made by adding cobalt to other oxidesPigment
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Phthalo green
A synthetic green pigment made from copper and chlorinated phthalocyaninePigment
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Green earth
A natural green pigment from celadonite and glauconite, used since ancient RomePigment 路 馃嚠馃嚬 Italy +3
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Persian green
A vivid bluish green seen in Iranian ceramics and religious buildingsNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚪 Iran
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Jungle green
A rich medium green named for the colour of dense rainforest foliageNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +1
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Cambridge Blue
A spring green shade worn by University of Cambridge sports teamsNamed shade
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Spring bud
A bright yellow-green once known as spring green before 1987Named shade
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Lincoln green
A yellowish-green cloth colour first made in medieval Lincoln, EnglandNamed shade
Green
Go Away Green
A muted green paint used in Disney Parks to hide buildings and infrastructureNamed shade
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Android green
A bright green defined by Google for the Android robot mascot and logoNamed shade
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Marrs green
A rich teal-green named the world's favourite colour in a 2017 global surveyNamed shade
Green
Ferroverdin
A green pigment formed by certain Streptomyces bacteriaPigment
Green
Green pigment
Pigments that give green colour to paint, ink, and art through historyPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
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NIVO
A dark grey-green finish once used on British night bombersNamed shade
Green
Reseda green
A soft green named after the leaves of the reseda plantNamed shade
Green
Green S
A synthetic green dye used in food and eye testsDye 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +4
Green
CBQCA reagent
A dye for detecting proteins by turning fluorescent green when boundDye
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Celadon
A pale greyish green named after prized Asian ceramicsNamed shade 路 馃嚡馃嚨 Japan
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Emerald
A bright, light green with a hint of blue, named after the emerald gemstoneNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚜 Ireland +2
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GO green
A bright green once used for GO Transit's trains and signs in OntarioNamed shade
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Green (Munsell)
A vivid green defined as primary green in the Munsell colour systemNamed shade
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Green (NCS)
A standard green defined by the Natural Color SystemStandard colour
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Green (pigment)
The standard green made by mixing printer's cyan and yellow inksStandard colour
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Harlequin
A vivid green between chartreuse and green on the colour wheelNamed shade
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Hunter green
A deep green once worn by hunters and used in uniforms and sportsNamed shade
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Lime (web) (X11 green)
A bright green used for screens, matching the green of the RGB colour modelScreen colour
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Magic mint
A pale minty green once made as a Crayola crayonNamed shade
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Mint cream
A very pale pastel green inspired by mint-flavoured buttercreamNamed shade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lincoln green: Howard Pyle, Public domain, source
- Paris Green: Chris goulet at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Viridian: Josh814, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Forest green: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jade: Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Celadon: Vassil, Public domain, source
- Vert: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Green pigment: Claude Monet, Public domain, source
- Malachite: Burkhard M眉cke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glauconite: Licks-rocks, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chromium(III) oxide: Solid State, Public domain, source
- Scheele's green: Georg Friedrich Kersting, Public domain, source
- Cobalt green: Stephhzz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Green S: Edgar181, Public domain, source
- Bioluminescence: art farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Green fluorescent protein: Raymond Keller ( Raymond Keller ( talk )), under auspices of Crystal P, Public domain, source
- Persian green: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Go Away Green: Louiemantia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Green: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lime: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Spring green: 袗褉褍卸邪薪 袞邪屑斜褍谢邪褌芯胁邪, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Olive: James Petts, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chartreuse: Jeuwre, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Verdigris: No machine-readable author provided. Nartoun assumed (based on copyrig, Public domain, source
- Feldgrau: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Green earth: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- NIVO: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Reseda green: Kurt St眉ber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source