Jungle green is a

color Color (or colour in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though co ...

that is a rich tone of medium

spring green Spring Green or spring green may refer to: Colors * Spring green ** Spring bud, formerly known as spring green Plants * Spring greens, edible young leaves of certain plants * Spring greens (Brassica oleracea), vegetables Places in the United S ...

. 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 English 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 English 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
* In the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...

, ''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 Berets of the United States Army, headgear, is a branch of the United States Army United States Army Special Operations Comm ...

. (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

Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the British Commonwealth or simply the Commonwealth, is an International organization, international association of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, 56 member states, the vast majo ...

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

Far East The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including North Asia, North, East Asia, East and Southeast Asia. South Asia is sometimes also included in the definition of the term. In mod ...

and in parts of

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

. The uniform was often called "jaygees" in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

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

green beret The green beret was the official headdress of the British Commandos, a special-forces unit active during World War II. It is still worn by members of the Royal Marines after passing the Commando Course, and personnel from other units of the Roy ...

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

forest green Forest green is 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, is written in the form forestgreen (no space). The first reco ...