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| Hex triplet | #40826D | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (25, 51, 43) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (161°, 51%, 51%) |
| Source | [2]/Maerz and Paul[1] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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. Viridian takes its name from the Latin viridis, meaning "green".[2]
The first recorded use of viridian as a color name in English was in the 1860s (exact year uncertain).[3]
In popular culture [link]
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 Anglo-Saxon word green.
- Automobiles
- Broadcasting
- Viridian was the signature color of the BBC2 identity from 1991 to 2001.
- Environmental Design
- The viridian design movement is a popular design movement based on a bright green environmentalism philosophy.
- Music
- Viridian is the seventh song off Between the Buried and Me's Colors.
- Viridian is a Band from Las Vegas, Nevada fronted by Serena "firecracker" Kiddy, Billy Eason, James Puckett, Christian "bones" Eastman and Joel "chum-lee" Collins.
- Video Games
- Viridian City is a city in the Pokémon games franchise in which all cities are named after colors.
- The main protagonist in the video game VVVVVV is Captain Viridian.
External links [link]
References [link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
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Viridian (disambiguation)
Viridian may refer to:
Viridian (album)
Viridian is a 2007 studio album by the Austin, Texas bluegrass band The Greencards. Their third Dualtone Records studio album, it was released on March 6, 2007.
Recording
In 2007, The Greencards were joined by Matt Wingate, a guitarist from Alabama, for their work on Viridian. On their previous albums, The Greencards had individually recorded their separate musical tracks in isolation booths of recording studios, but for Viridian, recorded their album together in real time in an open room, which was said to be a factor in a spontaneous feel for some of the album.
Most of the songs on Viridian are sung by Young, and all of the tracks on Viridian were written by The Greencards, with the exception of "Travel On", which was penned by Kim Richey of Nashville. Their sound, through Viridian, was likened to the Canadian alternative country band The Duhks.
Influences
The recordings on Viridian, in particular the songs "River of Sand", "Waiting on the Night" and "When I Was in Love With You", were said to evoke the sounds of progressive folk rock that emerged in the 1960s. The progressive nature of The Greencards' bluegrass sound has been compared to Nickel Creek and Alison Krauss & Union Station's own musical work to expand bluegrass.
