olive green

Muted forest shade

Olive green is a yellowish-brown-green color resembling unripe olives.

It's the dominant shade in military camouflage, giving it associations with armed forces and rugged practicality: olive green fatigues, an olive green army jacket.

The color sits between true green and brown, muted rather than vivid.

Related

camouflage · woodland camo · shade · earth tones · muted palette · sage · hue · subdued · army · Mediterranean · fern · jungle · moss · marsh · willow · lichen · muddy · canvas

Categories
Opposites
color vibrancy/saturation

olive greenneon

Inert illuminating element

electric blue · hot pink · fluorescent · fuchsia · highlighter yellow

color temperature and hue

olive greenmagenta

Vivid purplish-red hue

red · crimson · scarlet · pink · coral

chromatic vs. achromatic

olive greenwhite

Absence of pigment

black · gray · neutral · colorless · monochrome

Family

green, olive, greenery, olive oil, olives, olive branch, olive tree, olive grove

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G