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Olive drab is variously described as a "A brownish-green colour" (Oxford English Dictionary); [4] "a shade of greenish-brown" (Webster's New World Dictionary); [5] "a dark gray-green" (MacMillan English dictionary); "a grayish olive to dark olive brown or olive gray" (American Heritage Dictionary); [6] or "A dull but fairly strong gray-green color" (Collins English Dictionary).
Hunter green is a color that is a representation of the color worn as camouflage by hunters in the 19th century. Most hunters began wearing the color olive drab instead of hunter green about the beginning of the 20th century. [62] Some hunters still wear hunter green clothing or hunter green bandanas.
OG-107. A U.S. Army soldier wearing an OG-507 uniform in 1977. The OG-107 was the basic work and combat utility uniform (fatigues) of all branches of the United States Armed Forces from 1952 until its discontinuation in 1989. The designation came from the U.S. Army 's coloring code " Olive Green 107", which was the shade of dark green used on ...
The olive, botanical name Olea europaea, meaning 'European olive', is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin, with wild subspecies found further afield in Africa and western Asia. When in shrub form, it is known as Olea europaea 'Montra ', dwarf olive, or little olive.
Pantone 448 C is a colour in the Pantone colour system. Described as a "drab dark brown " and informally dubbed the "ugliest colour in the world", it was selected in 2012 as the colour for plain tobacco and cigarette packaging in Australia, after market researchers determined that it was the least attractive colour. [2][3][4][5] A used plain ...
Black olive: RAL 6016: Turquoise green: U3 line of the Berlin U-Bahn: RAL 6017: May green: RAL 6018: Yellow green: U1 line of the Berlin U-Bahn: RAL 6019: Pastel green: RAL 6020: Chromium green: Deutsche Bundesbahn wagons for passenger transport until 1985 (Epoche III und IV) [citation needed] RAL 6021: Pale green: RAL 6022: Brown olive: RAL ...
Peridot. Peridot (/ ˈpɛrɪˌdɒt, - ˌdoʊ / PERR-ih-dot, -doh), sometimes called chrysolite, is a yellow-green transparent variety of olivine. Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color. Peridot can be found in mafic and ultramafic rocks occurring in lava and peridotite xenoliths of the mantle.
"Incorporate autumnal colors like burgundy, olive green, and brown when wearing lighter pieces like blouses or skirts to evoke more of a fall feel," says Saab.