Jungle green is a

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that is a rich tone of medium

spring green Spring green is a color that was traditionally considered to be on the yellow side of green, but in modern computer systems based on the RGB color model is halfway between cyan and green on the color wheel. The modern spring green, when plot ...

. The specific tone of the color ''jungle green'' called "jungle green" by Crayola, displayed at right, was formulated by Crayola in 1990. The first recorded use of ''jungle green'' as a color name in

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was in 1926.

Variations of jungle green

Tropical rainforest

Displayed at right is the color tropical rainforest. The color ''tropical rainforest'' was formulated by Crayola in 1993.

Amazon

Displayed at right is the color Amazon (named after the specific rainforest). The first recorded use of ''Amazon'' as a color name in

was in 1924.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 189; color sample of Amazon: Page 87 Plate 29 Color Sample J10

Deep jungle green

Displayed at right is the color deep jungle green, that tone of jungle green shown as ''jungle green'' on color sample #165 of the ISCC-NBS color list.

Medium jungle green

Displayed at right is the color medium jungle green, that tone of jungle green shown as ''jungle green'' in color sample #147 on the ISCC-NBS color list.

Dark jungle green

Displayed at right is the color dark jungle green, that tone of jungle green called ''jungle green'' in color sample #152 on the ISCC-NBS color list.

In culture

;Military ''See also United States Army Special Forces in popular culture'' * In the

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, ''jungle green'' is the color used for the uniforms and berets of the

United States Army Special Forces The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force of the United States Army. The Green Berets are geared towards nine doctrinal mi ...

. (The shade of jungle green used in the uniforms and berets of the U.S. Army ''Green Berets'' is closely equivalent to the color shown above as ''deep jungle green''.) In the

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''jungle green'' is the color of the combat or working uniform worn in the

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and in parts of

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. The uniform was often called "jaygees" in

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. Green berets are also used by the elite forces of a number of other nations--see the article on

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s. The berets used by these various elite military forces are usually a tone of ''jungle green'' or

forest green At right is displayed the color forest green. ''Forest green'' refers to a green color said to resemble the color of the trees and other plants in a forest. This web color, when written as computer code in HTML for website color display ...