Persian green
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| Hex triplet | #00A693 |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant bluish green |
Persian green is a color used in pottery and Persian carpets in Iran. It is also utilized in the architecture of religious places.
Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian orange, Persian red and Persian blue.
The color Persian green is named from the green color of some Persian pottery and is a representation of the color of the mineral malachite. It is a popular color in Iran because the color green symbolizes gardens, nature, heaven, and sanctity. The first recorded use of Persian green as a color name in English was in 1891, due to Persian traditional architecture.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Persian green: Page 85 Plate 31 Color Sample H7
- ↑ The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps, now on the Internet—see sample of the color Persian green (color sample #159) displayed on indicated web page: [1] .
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