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green

Additive primary color, visible between blue and yellow

Entityprimary color HTML4 named color spectral colorQ3133

Also known as G · electric green · green color · color green

Instance of: primary color
, HTML4 named color
, spectral color
+1 more
Subclass of: grue
Part of: seven prismatic colors

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Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It has 295–350 different shades. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combination of yellow and cyan; in the RGB color model, used on television and computer screens, it is one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue, which are mixed in different combinations to create all other colors. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage. Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content.

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Short name: G criterion used: light characteristic · format as a regular expression: G[^r]
CSS color keyword: green start period: Cascading Style Sheets Level 1 Specification
Represents: Gaelic culture
Symbolizes: hope
spring
Islam
Ireland
Esperanto
environmentalism
SRGB color hex triplet: 00FF00
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1.louisem.com/419029/green-hex-codesRetrieved 2024-01-17
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008000
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1.htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/shades-of-green/Retrieved 2024-01-17
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Frequency: 545T Hz
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1.“Colour - Visible Spectrum, Wavelengths, Hues | Britannica”britannica.com/science/color/The-visible-spectrumRetrieved 2024-05-24
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Wavelength: 535 nm lower limit: 500 nm · upper limit: 570 nm · nature of statement: median
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1.“Colour - Visible Spectrum, Wavelengths, Hues | Britannica”britannica.com/science/color/The-visible-spectrumRetrieved 2024-05-24
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Follows: yellow
Followed by: blue
OpenStreetMap tag: colour=green

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