Shades and Varieties of Green
(See also Shades of green)
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Green is the color of growing grass.
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Emerald green. The Gachala Emerald from the National Museum of Natural History, Washington.
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Jade. A jade dragon from the Han Dynasty, China. Jade can be many different shades of green.
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A 10th century celadon pot from China (Musee Guimet, Paris). The color celadon is a pale tint of spring green.
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Malachite green. A giant malachite vase in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Lime green, Named for the lime fruit, inclines toward yellow.
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The back of the U.S. dollar has been green since 1861.
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Olive or olive green.
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Olive drab was the standard color of U.S. Army combat uniforms from World War II through the Vietnam War. This is the field jacket of the U.S. Army M-1943 Uniform from 1942.
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Famous quotes containing the words shades, varieties and/or green:
“The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12:4-6.
“You know, if this is Venus, or some other strange planet, we’re liable to run into some high-domed characters with green blood in their veins who’ll blast at us with their atomic death rayguns, and there we’ll be with these—these poor old-fashioned shootin’ irons.”
—Edward L. Bernds (b. 1911)