Olive (color)
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| Olive | ||
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| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #808000 | |
| RGBa | (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 |
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