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'''Spring bud''' is the [[color]] that used to be called ''spring green'' before the [[Web color|X11]] [[web color]] [[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>

'''Spring bud''' is the [[color]] that used to be called ''spring green'' before the [[Web color|X11]] [[web color]] [[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>{{Cite web |url=http://www.i-freeware-download.com/web-colors/hex-rgb-hsv-Spring-bud-cId-1007.aspx |title=The color spring bud: |access-date=2012-04-14 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051319/http://www.i-freeware-download.com/web-colors/hex-rgb-hsv-Spring-bud-cId-1007.aspx |url-status=dead }}</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 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]] halfway between [[green]] and [[cyan]] that is now regarded as the color spring green.)</ref>

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]] halfway between [[green]] and [[cyan]] that is now regarded as the color spring green.)</ref>

 

== Meaning of spring bud ==

==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]].

* 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 ==

==Tones of spring bud color comparison chart==

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== Related pages ==

==Related pages==

*[[List of colors]]

*[[List of colors]]

 

== References ==

==References==

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