Jungle green

Jungle green is a color that is a rich tone of medium green.

The specific tone of the color jungle green called "jungle green" by Crayola was formulated by Crayola in 1990.

The first recorded use of jungle green as a color name in English was in 1926.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Jungle Green: Page 87 Plate 32 Color Sample L12 Note: The Color Sample shown as Jungle Green in Maerz and Paul is the color shown above as Dark Jungle Green. 

Meaning of jungle green
 The colors jungle green or tropical rain forest are often used by cartographers to represent the tropical rain forest on a natural vegetation map.

 In the United States Army, jungle green is the color used for the uniforms and berets of the United States Army Special Forces or "Green Berets".  (The shade of jungle green used in the uniforms and berets of the U.S. Army Green Berets is closely equivalent to the color shown above as deep jungle green.)

Tones of jungle green color comparison chart
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceLight Jungle Mist#DEEBEC222235236184°7%90%Jungle Mist Light (Xona.com color list)Light Acapulco#BFDCD4191220212163°29%81%Acapulco Light (Xona.com color list)Jungle Mist#B4CFD3180207211188°26%77%Xona.com color listLight Amazon#AEBEA6142190166100°16%70%Amazon Light (Xona.com color list)Acapulco#7CB0A1124176161163°25%59%Xona.com color listJungle green#29AB8741171135163°61%42%CrayolaLight Zydeco#25937E37147126169°60%36%Zydeco Light (Xona.com color list)Tropical Green#008B870139135178°100%27%Pantone TPX 18-4930Tropical Rainforest#00755E011794168°100%23%CrayolaAmazon#3B7A575912287147°35%35%Xona.com color listDeep Jungle Green#004B4907573178°100%15%Jungle Green #165 (ISCC-NBS)Zydeco#02402C26444161°94%13%Xona.com color listMedium Jungle Green#1C352D285345161°31%16%Jungle Green #147 (ISCC-NBS)Dark Jungle Green#1A2421263633162°16%12%Jungle Green #152 (ISCC-NBS)

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