Olive (color)

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Olive
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#808000
RGB^a	(r, g, b)	(128, 128, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(60°, 100%, 50%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Olive is a dulled, darker yellowish-green color 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 green, it becomes olive drab.

Olive is a direct color name.

[edit] Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

Sometimes persons are said to be "olive-skinned", to denote shades of medium toned white skin with small hints of yellow and green.

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.

[edit] See also

Web colors	black	silver	gray	white	red	maroon	purple	fuchsia	green	lime	olive	yellow	orange	blue	navy	teal	aqua
Web colors

					Shades of green
Asparagus	Bright green	Camouflage green	Celadon	Chartreuse	Emerald	Fern green	Gray-asparagus	Green	Green-yellow	Jade	Jungle green

Lime	Moss green	Myrtle	Olive	Olive drab	Pear	Pine green	Sea green	Spring green	Swamp green	Tea green	Forest green

Chartreuse yellow	Harlequin	Office green	Lime pulp	Hunter green	Kelly green	Shamrock green	Islamic green	Lime green	Persian green	British racing green	Spring bud

				Shades of yellow
Amber	Beige	Buff	Corn	Cream	Dark Goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge	Golden

Goldenrod	Khaki	Lemon	Lemon Cream	Lime	Mustard	Navajo white	Old Gold	Olive	Papaya whip

Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow	Selective yellow	Tangerine yellow	Yellow	Apricot	Metallic Gold	Chartreuse yellow

Golden yellow	Golden poppy	Green-yellow