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Green is a primary color in many models of color space, and a secondary in all others. It is most often used to represent nature , healing , health , youth , or fertility , since it is such a dominant color in nature.
Japanese also has two terms that refer specifically to the color green, 緑 (midori, which is derived from the classical Japanese descriptive verb midoru "to be in leaf, to flourish" in reference to trees) and グリーン (guriin, which is derived from the English word "green").
The color defined as green in HTML/CSS color standard is the color called green, low green, or medium green in many of the older eight-bit computer palettes. Another name for this color is green W3C or office green.
The general model of color psychology relies on six basic principles: Color can carry a specific meaning. Color meaning is either based in learned meaning or biologically innate meaning. The perception of a color causes evaluation automatically by the person perceiving.
Viridian is a bright shade of spring green, which places the color between green and teal on the color wheel, or, in paint, a tertiary blue–green color. Viridian is dark in value, has medium saturation, and is transparent .
Chartreuse (US: / ʃ ɑːr ˈ t r uː z,-ˈ t r uː s / ⓘ, UK: /-ˈ t r ɜː z /, French: [ʃaʁtʁøz] ⓘ), also known as yellow-green or greenish yellow, is a color between yellow and green. It was named because of its resemblance to the French liqueur green chartreuse , introduced in 1764.
Green was also historically used as a secondary colour by the left-wing New Democratic Party, whose primary colour is orange. In Denmark, a dark shade of green is used by the right-centre Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti).
Learn about 10 orchid flower colors, including blue, red, brown, and black, the types of orchids that produce them, and what they mean.
A vertical tricolour of green, white and orange. The national flag of Ireland ( Irish : bratach na hÉireann ), frequently referred to in Ireland as 'the tricolour' ( an trídhathach ) and elsewhere as the Irish tricolour is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist ), white and orange.
Green pigments are the materials used to create the green colors seen in painting and the other arts. Most come from minerals, particularly those containing compounds of copper . Green pigments reflect the green portions of the spectrum of visible light, and absorb the others.