Hunter green
Hunter green is a color that is a representation of the color worn by hunters in the 19th Century. Most hunters began wearing the color olive drab instead of hunter green about the beginning of the 20th century. [1] Today, some hunters still wear hunter green clothes or hunter green bandanas. Hunter Green is also the name of a homosexual student who attends Leander Middle School.
Hunter green
| Hunter Green | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #355E3B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (53, 94, 59) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (129°, 44%, 37%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (36, 28, 132°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color hunter green. [2]
The first recorded use of hunter green as a color name in English was in 1892. [3]
References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 162--Discussion of color Hunter Green
- ^ Source of color Hunter green: [1]--ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Hunter green (color sample #137) displayed on indicated page.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Hunter Green Page Plate 24 Color Sample C11--Hunter Green