Green pigments

Color Wheel

Shades of green
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Description

Green is a color produced by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of about 490–560 nm. It is considered a primary color in the RGB additive color model, but is a secondary color in the traditional RYB color wheel made by mixing blue and yellow. An average green color is represented by the following color coordinates:

• Hex triplet: #008000 (HTML/CSS)
• RGB: (0, 128~255, 0); CMYK (0, 0, 0, 100)
• HSV: (120°, 100%, 50~100%)

Examples of inorganic green pigments:

• earth green (celadonite, glauconite, terre verte).
• oxides (viridian, chromic oxide, chrome green, cobalt green).
• carbonates (malachite, bice).
• other (emerald green, atacamite, brochantite).

Examples of organic green pigments:

• plant (sap green, chlorophyll).
• synthetic (verdigris, phthalocyanine, Brilliant Green).

Synonyms and Related Terms

grøn (Dan.); Grün (Deut.); verde (Esp., It., Port.); pigments verts (Fr.); viridus (Lat.); groen (Ned.); grön (Sven.); pigmentos verdes (Port.)

Resources and Citations

• R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)