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{{colorswatch|spring bud|A7FC00}}
'''Spring bud''' is the [[color]] that used to be called ''spring green'' before the [[Web color|X11]] [[web color]] [[Spring green|spring green]] was formulated in 1987 when the [[Web color|X11 colors]] were first invented. This color is now called ''spring bud'' to avoid confusion with the web color. <ref>[http://www.i-freeware-download.com/web-colors/hex-rgb-hsv-Spring-bud-cId-1007.aspx The color spring bud:]</ref><ref> The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''spring green'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ''spring green'' is displayed on page 59, Plate 18, Color Sample J7.</ref>
The color '''spring bud''' is also called '''soft spring green''' or '''spring green (traditional)'''.
The first written use of ''spring green'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] (meaning the color that is now called ''spring bud'') was in 1766. <ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Spring Green: Page 59 Plate 18 Color Sample J7 (Note: Before the formulation of the [[Web color|X11 color list]] color ''spring green'' in 1987, Spring Green was thought of as a light green tinted toward the [[yellow]] that is shown in the color box above labeled ''spring bud'' and in the color sample labeled ''spring green'' in Maerz and Paul, instead of the pure [[spectrum]] web color [[Spring green|spring green]] halfway between [[green]] and [[cyan]] that is now regarded as the color spring green.) </ref>
==Meaning of spring bud==
* The color ''spring bud'' is representative of and brings to mind the young buds of growing vegetation in early spring, and thus it is associated with new [[life]].
==Tones of spring bud color comparison chart==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!Name
!width=100|Color
!HEX Code
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Hue
!Sat
!Lum
!Source
|-
|Pale Spring Bud
|style = "background-color: #ecebbd"|
|#ECEBBD
|236
|235
|189
|059°
|55%
|83%
|("Spring Green" (Crayola))
|-
|Medium Spring Bud
|style = "background-color: #c9dc89"|
|#C9DC89
|201
|220
|137
|074°
|54%
|70%
|(Spring Green (ISCC-NBS)) (June Green (Plochere))
|-
|Go Bunny Go
|style = "background-color: #c2e20d"|
|#C2E20D
|194
|226
|13
|069°
|89%
|47%
|(Colour Lovers 2011 Color of the Year)
|-
|June Bud
|style = "background-color: #bdda57"|
|#BDDA57
|189
|218
|87
|073°
|64%
|60%
|(ISCC-NBS) (Growth Green (Plochere))
|-
|'''Spring Bud'''
|style = "background-color: #a7fc00"|
|'''#A7FC00'''
|'''167'''
|'''252'''
|'''0'''
|'''080°'''
|'''100%'''
|'''49%'''
|'''(Spring Green (Maerz & Paul))'''
|-
|Go Go Go
|style = "background-color: #98df62"|
|#98DF62
|152
|223
|98
|094°
|66%
|63%
|(Resene color list)
|-
|Dizzy Lizzy
|style = "background-color: #80ca2b"|
|#80CA2B
|128
|202
|43
|088°
|65%
|48%
|(Resene color list)
|-
|Bud Green
|style = "background-color: #7bb661"|
|#7BB661
|123
|182
|97
|102°
|37%
|55%
|(Pantone TPX 15-6442}
|-
|Groovy
|style = "background-color: #5ca345"|
|#5CA345
|92
|163
|69
|105°
|41%
|45%
|(Resene color list}
|-
|May Green
|style = "background-color: #4c9141"|
|#4C9141
|76
|145
|65
|112°
|38%
|41%
|(RAL 6017)
|}
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{{colors}}
==References==
<references/>
==Other pages==
*[[List of colors]]
[[Category:Colors]]
'''Spring bud''' is the [[color]] that used to be called ''spring green'' before the [[Web color|X11]] [[web color]] [[Spring green|spring green]] was formulated in 1987 when the [[Web color|X11 colors]] were first invented. This color is now called ''spring bud'' to avoid confusion with the web color. <ref>[http://www.i-freeware-download.com/web-colors/hex-rgb-hsv-Spring-bud-cId-1007.aspx The color spring bud:]</ref><ref> The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''spring green'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ''spring green'' is displayed on page 59, Plate 18, Color Sample J7.</ref>
The color '''spring bud''' is also called '''soft spring green''' or '''spring green (traditional)'''.
The first written use of ''spring green'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] (meaning the color that is now called ''spring bud'') was in 1766. <ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Spring Green: Page 59 Plate 18 Color Sample J7 (Note: Before the formulation of the [[Web color|X11 color list]] color ''spring green'' in 1987, Spring Green was thought of as a light green tinted toward the [[yellow]] that is shown in the color box above labeled ''spring bud'' and in the color sample labeled ''spring green'' in Maerz and Paul, instead of the pure [[spectrum]] web color [[Spring green|spring green]] halfway between [[green]] and [[cyan]] that is now regarded as the color spring green.) </ref>
==Meaning of spring bud==
* The color ''spring bud'' is representative of and brings to mind the young buds of growing vegetation in early spring, and thus it is associated with new [[life]].
==Tones of spring bud color comparison chart==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!Name
!width=100|Color
!HEX Code
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Hue
!Sat
!Lum
!Source
|-
|Pale Spring Bud
|style = "background-color: #ecebbd"|
|#ECEBBD
|236
|235
|189
|059°
|55%
|83%
|("Spring Green" (Crayola))
|-
|Medium Spring Bud
|style = "background-color: #c9dc89"|
|#C9DC89
|201
|220
|137
|074°
|54%
|70%
|(Spring Green (ISCC-NBS)) (June Green (Plochere))
|-
|Go Bunny Go
|style = "background-color: #c2e20d"|
|#C2E20D
|194
|226
|13
|069°
|89%
|47%
|(Colour Lovers 2011 Color of the Year)
|-
|June Bud
|style = "background-color: #bdda57"|
|#BDDA57
|189
|218
|87
|073°
|64%
|60%
|(ISCC-NBS) (Growth Green (Plochere))
|-
|'''Spring Bud'''
|style = "background-color: #a7fc00"|
|'''#A7FC00'''
|'''167'''
|'''252'''
|'''0'''
|'''080°'''
|'''100%'''
|'''49%'''
|'''(Spring Green (Maerz & Paul))'''
|-
|Go Go Go
|style = "background-color: #98df62"|
|#98DF62
|152
|223
|98
|094°
|66%
|63%
|(Resene color list)
|-
|Dizzy Lizzy
|style = "background-color: #80ca2b"|
|#80CA2B
|128
|202
|43
|088°
|65%
|48%
|(Resene color list)
|-
|Bud Green
|style = "background-color: #7bb661"|
|#7BB661
|123
|182
|97
|102°
|37%
|55%
|(Pantone TPX 15-6442}
|-
|Groovy
|style = "background-color: #5ca345"|
|#5CA345
|92
|163
|69
|105°
|41%
|45%
|(Resene color list}
|-
|May Green
|style = "background-color: #4c9141"|
|#4C9141
|76
|145
|65
|112°
|38%
|41%
|(RAL 6017)
|}
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{{-}}
{{colors}}
==References==
<references/>
==Other pages==
*[[List of colors]]
[[Category:Colors]]