Spring bud
color
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.
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.
Variations of spring bud
Pale spring bud
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
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):
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June bud
At right is the less saturated color june bud.
Bud green
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.
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