Hunter green
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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.
[edit] Hunter green
| Hunter Green | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #355E3B | |
| RGBa | (r, g, b) | (53, 94, 59) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (120°, 45%, 45%) |
| a: 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]
[edit] 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
