Viridian

Viridian       Color coordinates Hex triplet #40826D sRGB^B  (r, g, b) (64, 130, 109) CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k) (76, 30, 63, 11) HSV       (h, s, v) (161°, 51%, 51%) Source Maerz and Paul[1] B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Viridian as a tertiary color on the RYB color wheel   blue   viridian[2]   green

Viridian is a blue-green pigment, a hydrated chromium(III) oxide, of medium saturation and relatively dark in value. It is composed more of green than blue. Specifically, it is a dark shade of spring green, the color between green and cyan on the color wheel, or, in paint, a tertiary blue–green color. Viridian takes its name from the Latin viridis, meaning "green".^[3]

The first recorded use of viridian as a color name in English was in the 1860s (exact year uncertain).^[4]

Variations of viridian

Paolo Veronese green

Paolo Veronese Green
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#009B7D
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(0, 155, 125)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(90, 5, 65, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(168°, 100%, 61%)
Source	Gallego and Sanz[5]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Paolo Veronese green is the color that is called Verde Verones in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Paolo Veronese green was a color formulated and used by the noted 16th-century Venetian artist Paolo Veronese.

Paolo Veronese green began to be used as a color name in English sometime in the 1800s (exact year uncertain).^[6]

Another name for this color is transparent oxide of chromium.^[7]

Viridian green

Viridian Green
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#009698
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(0, 150, 152)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(100, 13, 0, 40)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(181°, 100%, 60[8]%)
Source	Pantone TPX[9]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At right is displayed the color viridian green.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-5126 TPX—Viridian Green.^[10]

Generic viridian

Generic Viridian
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#007F66
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(0, 127, 102)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(100, 0, 75, 20)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(168°, 100%, 50%)
Source	Gallego and Sanz[5]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Generic viridian is the color that is called Viridian inspecifico in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Spanish viridian

Viridian (G&S)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#007F5C
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(0, 127, 92)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(100, 0, 80, 20)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(163°, 100%, 50%)
Source	Gallego and Sanz[5]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Spanish viridian is the color that is called Viridian specifico in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

In popular culture

Although viridian is a less-used color name in English, it is used in a number of cultural references, probably because it is derived from viridis, the Latin word for green, so using the word viridian sounds more elegant than simply referring to the Old English word green.

Automobiles

• "Viridian Joule" was the winning color name in Chevrolet's Volt Paint-Color Naming Contest.^[11]

Broadcasting

• Viridian was the signature color of BBC Two's identity from 1991–2001.

Environmental Design

• The viridian design movement is a popular design movement based on a bright green environmentalism philosophy.^[12][13]

Film

• Viridian is mentioned by Otho when discussing remodeling, in the 1988 film Beetlejuice.^[14]

Music

• Viridian is the seventh song off Between the Buried and Me's Colors.
• Viridian (Interlude) is the sixteenth track on Bethel Music's Without Words: Synesthesia

Video games

• In the Pokémon franchise, in the Kanto region, Viridian City is the first town one encounters after leaving Pallet Town via Route 1.
• In VVVVVV, the player character is Captain Viridian, who is a light blue-green color. All characters have names referencing their color and starting with the letter V.
• In Knights of the Old Republic II the player character can find and use a viridian lightsaber crystal.
• In League of Legends the champion Kayle has a Viridian costume that is green with black wings.
• In Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, there's a running joke about the color, started by the character Larry Butz.
• In the Steam game Aviary Attorney, the Viridian Killer is responsible for murders in France during the 1830s.

See also

• List of colors

References

1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called viridian in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color viridian is displayed on page 79, Plate 28, Color Sample K11.
2. RGB approximations of RYB tertiary colors, using cubic interpolation. The colors displayed here are substantially paler than the true colors a mixture of paints would produce.
3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 18 See: "Table--Polyglot Table of Principle Color Names" Pages 18-19
4. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Viridian: Page 93 Plate 79 Color Sample K11
5. Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume. ISBN 84-89840-31-8
6. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201 (It is listed under Paul Veronese green)
7. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 142
8. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #009698 (Viridian Green):
9. Type the words "Viridian Green" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
10. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Viridian Green" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
11. "Viridian Joule" was the winning color name in Paint-Color Naming Contest
12. Sterling, Bruce (2001). "Viridian: The Manifesto of January 3, 2000". Retrieved 2007-01-28.
13. Hughes, James (2002). "Democratic Transhumanism 2.0". Retrieved 2007-01-26.

Further reading

• Newman, R., Chromium Oxide Greens, in Artists’ Pigments, A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, Vol 3: E.W. Fitzhugh (Ed.) Oxford University Press 1997, p. 273 – 286

External links

• Viridian, Pigments through the Ages, Webexhibits. Information about the color viridian, its history, making of, and its chemistry
• Viridian, Colourlex