Spring bud

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Spring Bud
 
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Hex triplet #A7FC00
sRGB B (r, g, b)(167, 252, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(80°, 100%, 99%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(91, 114, 112°)
SourceMaerz and Paul [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Spring bud is the color that used to be called spring green before the X11 web color spring green was formulated in 1987 when the X11 colors were first promulgated. This color is now called spring bud to avoid confusion with the web color.[ citation needed ]

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The color is also called soft spring green, spring green (traditional), or spring green (M&P).

The first recorded use of spring green as a color name in English (meaning the color that is now called spring bud) was in 1766. [2]

Variations of spring bud

Pale spring bud

Spring Green (Crayola)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #ECEBBD
sRGB B (r, g, b)(236, 235, 189)
HSV (h, s, v)(59°, 20%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(92, 34, 85°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This pale tone of spring bud is the color called spring green in Crayola crayons. (See spring green on the List of Crayola crayon colors).

Medium spring bud

Spring Bud (ISCC-NBS)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C9DC87
sRGB B (r, g, b)(201, 220, 135)
HSV (h, s, v)(73°, 39%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(85, 57, 98°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the medium tone of spring bud that is called "spring bud" on the ISCC-NBS color list.

The source of this color is the following website, the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) (a site for stamp collectors to identify the colors of their stamps)--Color Sample of Spring Bud (color sample #119):

June bud

June Bud
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #BDDA57
sRGB B (r, g, b)(189, 218, 87)
HSV (h, s, v)(73°, 60%, 85%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(83, 78, 99°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is the less saturated color june bud.

Bud green

Bud Green
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #7BB661
sRGB B (r, g, b)(123, 182, 97)
HSV (h, s, v)(102°, 47%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(68, 61, 119°)
Source Pantone TPX [3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Strong yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color bud green is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #15-6442 TPX—Bud Green. [4]

May green

May Green
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #4C9141
sRGB B (r, g, b)(76, 145, 65)
HSV (h, s, v)(112°, 55%, 57%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(54, 58, 125°)
Source RAL
ISCC–NBS descriptor Strong yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color may green.

This is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

Spring bud in human culture

Horticulture

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References

  1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called spring green in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color spring green is displayed on page 59, Plate 18, Color Sample J7.
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Spring Green: Page 59 Plate 18 Color Sample J7 (Note: Before the formulation of the X11 color list color spring green in 1987, Spring Green was thought of as a light green tinted toward the yellow that is shown in the color box above labeled spring bud and in the color sample labeled spring green in Maerz and Paul, instead of the pure spectrum web color spring green halfway between green and cyan that is now regarded as the color spring green.)
  3. Type the words "Bud Green" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
  4. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Bud Green" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear: