| Olive | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #808000 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (128, 128, 0) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (60°, 100%, 50%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (52, 57, 86°) |
| Source | X11 color names |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light olive |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
Olive is a dark yellowish-green color,[1] like that of unripe or greenolives.
As a color word in the English language, it appears in lateMiddle English.
| Olivine | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #9AB973 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (154, 185, 115) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (87°, 38%, 73%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (71, 48, 108°) |
| Source | 99colors.net[2]/Maerz & Paul[3] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate yellow green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Olivine is the typical color of the mineralolivine.
The first recorded use ofolivine as a color name in English was in 1912.[4]
| Olive drab | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #6B8E23 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (107, 142, 35) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (80°, 75%, 56%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (55, 60, 107°) |
| Source | X11 color names |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong yellow green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
| Olive drab camouflage | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #544F3D |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (84, 79, 61) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (47°, 27%, 33%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (34, 14, 73°) |
| Source | Federal Standard 595 33070 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Grayish olive |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Olive drab is variously described as a "A brownish-green colour" (Oxford English Dictionary);[5] "a shade of greenish-brown" (Webster's New World Dictionary);[6] "a dark gray-green" (MacMillan English dictionary); "a grayish olive to dark olive brown or olive gray" (American Heritage Dictionary);[7] or "A dull but fairly strong gray-green color" (Collins English Dictionary). It is widely used as a camouflage color for uniforms and equipment in the armed forces.
The first recorded use ofolive drab as a color name in English was in 1892.[8]Drab is an older color name, from the middle of the 16th century. It refers to a dull light brown color, the color of cloth made from undyed homespun wool. It took its name from the old French word for cloth,drap.[9]
There are many shades and variations of olive drab. Various shades were used onUnited States Army uniforms in World War II. The shade used for enlisted soldier's uniforms at the beginning of the war was officially calledOlive Drab #33 (OD33), while officer's uniforms used the much darkerOlive Drab #51 (OD51). Field equipment was inOlive Drab #3 (OD3), a very light, almostkhaki shade. In 1943 new field uniforms and equipment were produced in the darkerOlive Drab #7 (OD7). This was in turn replaced by the slightly grayerOlive Green 107 (OG-107) in 1952,[10] which continued as the color of combat uniforms through theVietnam War until the adoption in 1981 of the four-color-camouflage-patterned M81Battle Dress Uniform, which retained olive drab as one of the color swatches in the pattern. The shade used for painting vehicles is defined byFederal Standard 595 in the United States.[11]
As a solid color, it is not as effective for camouflage as multi-color patterns, though it is still used by the U.S. military to color webbing and accessories. The armies ofIsrael,India,Cuba, andVenezuela wear solid-color olive drab uniforms.
In the American novelA Separate Peace, Finny says to Gene, "...and in these times of war, we all see olive drab, and we all know it is the patriotic color. All others aren't about the war; they aren't patriotic."
Pantone 448 C, "the ugliest color in the world" commonly used inplain tobacco packaging, was initially described as a shade of olive green.[12]
| Black olive | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #3B3C36 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (59, 60, 54) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (70°, 10%, 24%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (25, 4, 93°) |
| Source | RAL[13] / ColorsData[14] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark grayish olive green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Black olive is a color in theRAL color matching system. It is designated asRAL 6015.
The color "black olive" is a representation of the color ofblack olives.
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