Spring bud

This article is about the color formerly known as spring green. For the current color, see Spring green.

Spring bud is the color that used to be called spring green before the X11 web color spring green was formulated in 1987 when the X11 colors were first promulgated. This color is now called spring bud to avoid confusion with the web color.^{[citation needed]}

Spring Bud
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A7FC00
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(167, 252, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(80°, 100%, 99%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(91, 114, 112°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color is also called soft spring green, spring green (traditional), or spring green (M&P).

The first recorded use of spring green as a color name in English (meaning the color that is now called spring bud) was in 1766.^[2]

Variations of spring bud

Pale spring bud

Spring Green (Crayola)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#ECEBBD
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(236, 235, 189)
HSV (h, s, v)	(59°, 20%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(92, 34, 85°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This pale tone of spring bud is the color called spring green in Crayola crayons. (See spring green on the List of Crayola crayon colors).

Medium spring bud

Spring Bud (ISCC-NBS)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C9DC87
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(201, 220, 135)
HSV (h, s, v)	(73°, 39%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(85, 57, 98°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the medium tone of spring bud that is called "spring bud" on the ISCC-NBS color list.

The source of this color is the following website, the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) (a site for stamp collectors to identify the colors of their stamps)--Color Sample of Spring Bud (color sample #119): ^[usurped]

June bud

June Bud
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#BDDA57
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(189, 218, 87)
HSV (h, s, v)	(73°, 60%, 85%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(83, 78, 99°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is the less saturated color june bud.

Bud green

Bud Green
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#7BB661
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(123, 182, 97)
HSV (h, s, v)	(102°, 47%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(68, 61, 119°)
Source	Pantone TPX[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color bud green is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #15-6442 TPX—Bud Green.^[4]

May green

May Green
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#4C9141
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(76, 145, 65)
HSV (h, s, v)	(112°, 55%, 57%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(54, 58, 125°)
Source	RAL
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color may green.

This is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

Spring bud in human culture

Horticulture

• 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.

See also

• List of colors