Colours of printing and ink
Inks for books, banknotes, posters and packaging.
#00FF00
Green
The colour between cyan and yellow, seen widely in plants and natureBasic colour · 🇮🇪 Ireland +1
#50C878
Paris Green
A toxic emerald-green pigment once prized in art and used as an early insecticidePigment · 🇩🇪 Germany +4
Green
Malachite green
A synthetic green dye once common for silk, now controversial in aquacultureDye · 🇨🇳 China +3
Green
Scheele's green
A yellowish-green pigment once prized for its brilliance, now infamous for its toxicityPigment
#00FF80
Spring green
A bright green halfway between green and cyan on the RGB colour wheelNamed shade
Green
Chromium(III) oxide
A strong green pigment and polishing compound made from chromium orePigment
#123524
Phthalo green
A synthetic green pigment made from copper and chlorinated phthalocyaninePigment
#3DDC84
Android green
A bright green defined by Google for the Android robot mascot and logoNamed shade
#00A550
Green (pigment)
The standard green made by mixing printer's cyan and yellow inksStandard colour
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Paris Green: Chris goulet at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chromium(III) oxide: Solid State, Public domain, source
- Scheele's green: Georg Friedrich Kersting, Public domain, source
- Green: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spring green: Аружан Жамбулатова, CC BY-SA 3.0, source