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acid green

Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), n.

  1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

  2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.

    O'er the smooth enameled green.
    --Milton.

  3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.

    In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
    --Pope.

  4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.

  5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green. Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin. Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper. Chrome green. See under Chrome. Emerald green. (Chem.)

    1. A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.

    2. See Paris green (below).

      Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium.

      Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green.

      Mineral green. See under Mineral.

      Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.

      Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green.

      Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.

Wikipedia
Acid green

Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color, but the one shown at right is representative.

Here are some additional variations:

{{Infobox color

title = Acid green (metallic shimmer)

hex = 91C82F

r= 145 |g= 200 |b= 47

c= 28 |m= 0 |y= 77 |k= 22

h= 82 |s= 77 |v= 78

source = Zazzle Acid Green Metallic Shimmer

}}

{{Infobox color

title = Acid green (matte acrylic spray paint)

hex = 81BA49

r= 129 |g= 186 |b= 73

c= 31 |m= 0 |y= 61 |k= 27

h= 90 |s= 61 |v= 73

source =

}}

{{Infobox color

title = Acid green (colord.com)

hex = 26D840

r= 38 |g= 216 |b= 64

c= 82 |m= 0 |y= 70 |k= 15

h= 129 |s= 82 |v= 85

source = Colord Acid Green

}}

{{Infobox color

title = Acid green (Marmalade fabrics)

hex = 839D50

r= 131 |g= 157 |b= 80

c= 17 |m= 0 |y= 49 |k= 38

h= 80 |s= 49 |v= 62

source = Marmalade fabrics

}}

{{Infobox color

title = Acid green (HTMLColorCode.org)

hex = 8FFE09

r= 143 |g= 254 |b= 9

c= 44 |m= 0 |y= 96 |k= 0

h= 87 |s= 96 |v= 100

source = HTMLColorCode.org, HexCode.com }}