Shades & Tints Of Clover

"Clover", the hue, is the colour of various shaded green leaves, certain vegetables, ancient pottery and some specimens of Jade.

Due to the true green colour of chlorophyll, most plants have leaves more yellow than this hue in full sun. But deep shade inevitably takes the hue somewhat toward blue and thus it is that this hue contains many strongly shaded leaves. Ferns and indoor plants are usually in deep shade most of the time so we tend to remember them in that state rather than in full sun.

As is the case for Green there has always been a lack of clean, stable pigments for this hue. Even today most brighter greens are obtained by mixing blue and yellow. Nevertheless there are modern pigments in nearby hues that can be used, such as: Pthalo Green from copper(II) with chlorinated phthalocyanine, Cobalt Green and Cobalt Turquoise from cobalt(II) titanate (CoTiO₃).

Horned Spurge	Euphorbia brachycera	Emerald Swallowtail
HSB 125°, 34%, 100% RGB 168, 255, 175
"Horned Spurge" is a pale emerald colour seen in certain leaves.	The "Horned Spurge", Euphorbia brachycera, is a North American plant that exhibits this colour in its leaves seen from the outside. Certain other members of the spurge family may also exhibit this colour depending on the light.	The Emerald Swallowtail, Papilio palinurus, exhibits this striking colour in bands over its wings. The colour varies depending on the light but in the right light it looks like this!

Iceberg Lettuce	Iceberg Lettuce	Midori Sour
HSB 147°, 100%, 100% RGB 0, 255, 115
"Iceberg Lettuce" is the colour of various green flowers in strong shade, certain leaves, certain drinks and a few fruits.	"Iceberg Lettuce" is the colour of Iceberg Lettuce in full sun.	"Midori Sour" is a cocktail made with Midori melon liqueur and lemon juice.

Clover	Clover	Okra
HSB 147°, 100%, 71% RGB 0, 181, 81
"Clover" is the colour of fertile, overcast, spring pastures, certain fruits and numerous herbaceous plants such as mint.	Clover (Trifolium) is a genus of small perennial herbaceous plants of the pea family. They are widespread as fodder plants and may be seen in pastures around the world.	Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) aka ladies' fingers, bamia, or gumbo is grown for its edible green seed pods. it is cultivated and eawten around the world. This is the colour of the fresh pods in the shade. In full sun they are lighter and may be more green.

Shaded Fern	Shaded Fern	Green Jade
HSB 147°, 100%, 60% RGB 0, 153, 69
"Shaded Fern" is the colour of deep fern gullies, of the outer leaves of iceberg lettuce in the shade, of numerous leaves including the nasturtium and of the greenest Jade.	There are around 12,000 species of Fern and their colour varies according to species, health, age and light quality. This is intended to be a rough average of healthy young ferns in deep shade.	Jade can be either of two minerals: Nephrite and Jadeite and comes in a variety of hues and shades from Malachite, to Emerald to Clover. There are other colours but typically it is restricted to these 3 hues. This is the closest to Green.

Cucumber	Cucumber	Holly Leaf
HSB 147°, 100%, 31% RGB 0, 79, 36
"Cucumber" is the colour of certain dark leaves, fuits and of the pigment: "Chromium Green".	Cucumbers do vary in colour but this is pretty typical.	Holly Leaf.