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Emerald (color)
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- For other things of this name, see Emerald (disambiguation).
| Emerald | ||
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| Hex triplet | #50C878 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (80, 200, 120) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (140°, 60%, 78%) |
| Source | BF2S Color Guide | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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An emerald color is a shade of green that is particularly light and bright, with a faint bluish cast. The name derives from the typical appearance of the gemstone emerald.
- The Wiz was a 1975 Broadway musical, which in 1978 was made into a movie of the same name, both depicting New York, New York as the emerald green "Emerald City", and both based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.
- Ireland is sometimes referred to as the Emerald Isle due to its lush greenery.
- Seattle is sometimes referred to as the Emerald City, because its abundant rainfall creates lush vegetation.
- "Emerald City", from the fictional story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is a city where everything from food to people are emerald green. However, it is revealed at the end of the story that everything in the city is normal colored, but the glasses everyone wears are emerald tinted.'
- The Green zone in Baghdad is sometimes ironically and cynically referred to as The Emerald City. [1]
- People with emerald auras are said to be “capable of versatility, ingenuity, and resourcefulness, applied unselfishly”. [2]
- ^ Chandraseekaran, Rajiv Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone 2007
- ^ Arthur E. Powell The Astral Body and Other Astral Phenomenon Wheaton, Illinois:1927—Theosophical Publishing House Page 12
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