Olive (color)
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #808000 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (128, 128, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (60°, 100%, 50[1]%) |
| Source | X11 color names | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Olive is a dark shade of yellow or chartreuse typically seen on green olives. It can be formed by adding a little black to yellow dye or paint. As a color word in the English language, it is unexpectedly old, appearing in late Middle English. Shaded toward green, it becomes olive drab. Olive can also be referred to as dark yellow. That the color olive is a shade of yellow can readily be ascertained by inspecting its hex code—the red and green values are equal, with no blue value, signifying a shade of yellow.
Sometimes people of what in the early 20th century was called the Mediterranean subrace of the Caucasian race are described as being "olive-skinned", to denote shades of medium toned white skin that is darker than the average color for Caucasians, such as many people from southern Italy. In religion, olive is sometimes used as a church color during Ordinary Time. Shades of olive, such as olive drab, are frequently used for camouflage, or by the military in general. The complementary color of olive is light blue.
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[edit] Variations of olive
[edit] Olive drab
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| Hex triplet | #6B8E23 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (107, 142, 35) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (80°, 75%, 56%) |
| Source | X11 color names | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Olive drab is the color olive shaded toward a greener color.
The first recorded use of olive drab as a color name in English was in 1892.[2]
Olive drab was the color of the standard fighting uniform for U.S. GIs and military vehicles during World War II. U.S. soldiers often referred to their uniforms as "OD's" due to the color. The color used at the beginning of the war by the US Army was officially called Olive Drab #3, which was replaced by the darker Olive Drab #7 by 1944, and which was again replaced by Olive Green 107 or OG-107 in 1952 and continued as the official uniform color for combat fatigues through the Vietnam War, until replaced by Engineer Research & Development Laboratories (ERDL) camouflage uniforms. The ERDL uniforms were then replaced by M81 woodland camo fatigues as the primary US uniform scheme in the 1980s, and still retain olive drab as one of the color swatches in the pattern.
As a solid color, it is not as effective for camouflage as multiple-color camo schemes (i.e. US Army Combat Uniform, Tigerstripe, MARPAT, Multicam, etc.), though it is still used by the U.S. military to color webbing and accessories. The military refers to the color as Olive Green 107, or more commonly OG 107.[3] There are very few countries still issuing uni-color Olive Drab uniforms, Israel, India, Cuba, and Austria being the exceptions.
In the American novel A Separate Peace, Finny said to Gene, "...and in these times of war, we all see olivine drab, and we all know it is the patriotic color. All others aren't about the war; they aren't patriotic."
The color is currently defined by the FS-595 paint standard.[4][5]
[edit] Camouflage green
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| Hex triplet | #78866B | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (120, 134, 107) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (91°, 20%, 53%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Camouflage green is a color which resembles the gray-green color often used by the military and hunters to camouflage themselves. Thus, this color may often be known as military green and is related to hunter green.
[edit] Dark olive green
| Dark Olive Green | ||
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| Hex triplet | #556B2F | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (85, 107, 47) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (82°, 56%, 42[6]%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color dark olive green.
[edit] References
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #808000 (Olive):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Color Sample of Olive Drab: Page 53 Plate 15 Color Sample J5
- ^ "Soldier'S Barracks Bag". Olive-drab.com. 2008-05-22. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_soldiers_gear_barracks_bag.php. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "What Does Olive Drab Mean?". Olive-drab.com. 2008-05-22. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_whatisod.php3. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "Custom - Federal Standard 595 Fed-Std-595 Color Chart". Chassis-plans.com. http://www.chassis-plans.com/paint_fed-std-595.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #556B2F (Dark Olive Green):
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