shades of green

The widest band on the wheel, running from 71° to 160° — nearly a quarter of all hues.

The shade ramp

Same hue and saturation, brightness falling from near-white to near-black. This is what most people mean by “shades of green”.

#36F536

#30DC30

#2BC32B

#25AA25

#209120

#1A781A

#155F15

#0F460F

#0A2D0A

#041404

Brightness ramp at hue 120°, saturation 78%.

The tint ramp

Same hue and brightness, saturation climbing from almost gray to full strength. Saturation is the channel players misjudge most often, because a washed-out green and a vivid one carry the same name.

#D8EBD8

#C0EBC0

#A8EBA8

#90EB90

#78EB78

#60EB60

#48EB48

#30EB30

#18EB18

#00EB00

Saturation ramp at hue 120°, brightness 92%.

Across the range

Everything the eye files under green, sampled from 71° to 160°. Two colors at opposite ends of this strip still share one word.

#BFE028

#A0E028

#82E028

#64E028

#45E028

#28E02A

#28E048

#28E066

#28E085

#28E0A3

Hue sweep from 71° to 160°.

Named greens

Forest green#228B22
Lime#32CD32
Sage#9CAF88
Emerald#50C878
Hunter green#355E3B

Why green is hard to remember

The eye separates more greens than any other family, which cuts both ways: you can tell two greens apart easily side by side, yet the range is so wide that a remembered green has far more room to land in the wrong place.

Off Colors shows you a color for five seconds and asks you to rebuild it. It tells you which channel you missed and by how much.

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