How well do you know your colors? I’ll be honest, I’m not really a fan of pickles, but let’s see how well you know your shades of green.
Is this pickletastic green closest to…
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It’s Chartreuse!
Chartreuse is yellow-green color, named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764.
Vermilion has always sounded green to me… but it’s red. You probably already knew that.
How did you do?
Colors aren’t as simple as you might think.
Yes, it’s true that we have a rainbow with seven distinguishable colors (Thanks, Roy G. Biv), but colors come in an infinite array of shades and hues. Each variation evokes a slightly different emotion, feeling, impression, and tone.
In fact, there’s a whole psychology to it, and it changes from culture to culture, among genders and personalities, and even age and generation! And beyond the psychology, there are technological limitations and structures for managing colors from screen to page and back again… (More about that here)
It’s not easy to pick the right brand colors, or to work with them if they were chosen by a long-gone board member’s personal preferences rather than careful consideration of your organization’s personality, vision, mission, and target demographic.
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