Color Names

Green Balsam

Dusty greenish grey, like the dried resin of a fir tree.

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Green Balsam is a cool grey, close to green.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Green Balsam

Balsam

Balsam is the resinous exudate which forms on certain kinds of trees and shrubs, particularly species belonging to genera such as Myroxylon, Abies, Copaifera, Styrax, and Populus. They may occur naturally as resinous exudates following injury to bark or wood tissues. Balsam owes its name to the biblical Balm of Gilead.

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Green

Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It has 295–350 different shades. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combination of yellow and cyan; in the RGB color model, used on television and computer screens, it is one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue, which are mixed in different combinations to create all other colors. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage. Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content.

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green

Noun

  1. The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
  2. A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

Adjective

  1. Of a green hue.
  2. Sickly, unwell.
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balsam

Noun

  1. A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
  2. A plant or tree yielding such substance.

Verb

  1. To treat or anoint with balsam.
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