"in humans as an area specialized for colour vision. V2, also called the prestriate cortex, is believed to have a small role in colour processing by projecting signals from V1 to the V4-complex. Whether or not colour selective cells are present in V2 is still being investigated. Some optical imaging studies have found small clusters of red-green colour selective cells in V1 and V2, but not any blue-yellow colour selective cells. Other studies have shown that V2 is activated by colour stimuli, but not colour after images.[8] V4 also has feedback on V2, suggesting that there is a defined network"
"Vert (heraldry) In classical heraldry, vert () is the name of the tincture equivalent to the colour ""green"". It is one of the five dark tinctures (""colours""). The word ""vert"" is simply the French for ""green"". It is used in English in the sense of a heraldic tincture since the early 16th century. In Modern French, ""vert"" is not used as a heraldic term. Instead, the French heraldic term for green tincture is sinople. This has been the case since c. the 16th century. In medieval French heraldry, ""vert"" also meant ""green"" while ""sinople"" was a shade of red. Vert"
"Viridian Viridian is a blue-green pigment, a hydrated chromium(III) oxide, of medium saturation and relatively dark in value. It is composed more of green than blue. Specifically, it is a dark shade of spring green, so it is the color between green and teal on the color wheel, or, in paint, a tertiary blue–green color. Viridian takes its name from the Latin ""viridis"", meaning ""green"". The first recorded use of ""viridian"" as a color name in English was in the 1860s (exact year uncertain). Paolo Veronese green is the color that is called ""Verde Verones"" in the ""Guía de coloraciones"""
"green flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011). Vert (heraldry) In classical heraldry, vert () is the name of the tincture equivalent to the colour ""green"". It is one of the five dark tinctures (""colours""). The word ""vert"" is simply the French for ""green"". It is used in English in the sense of a heraldic tincture since the early 16th century. In Modern French, ""vert"" is not used as a heraldic term. Instead, the French heraldic term for green tincture is sinople. This has been the case since c. the 16th century. In medieval French heraldry, ""vert"" also meant ""green"""
"the Latin word for green, so using the word ""viridian"" sounds more elegant than simply referring to the Old English word ""green"". Viridian Viridian is a blue-green pigment, a hydrated chromium(III) oxide, of medium saturation and relatively dark in value. It is composed more of green than blue. Specifically, it is a dark shade of spring green, so it is the color between green and teal on the color wheel, or, in paint, a tertiary blue–green color. Viridian takes its name from the Latin ""viridis"", meaning ""green"". The first recorded use of ""viridian"" as a color name in English was"
"Verdaccio Verdaccio is an Italian name for the mixture of black, white, and yellow pigments resulting in a grayish or yellowish (depending on the proportion) soft greenish brown. Verdaccio became an integral part of fresco painting, in which this color is used for defining tonal values, forming a complete monochromatic underpainting. Often architectural details in frescoes are left in verdaccio without any additional color layers; a notable example is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, where verdaccio underpainting can be clearly seen, left as it is on all architectural details of the composition. In oil painting, a similar technique is"
"color bright green is used to represent bright green environmentalism or the Viridian design movement. Displayed at right is the color ""bright mint"". ""Brunswick green"" is a common name for green pigments made from copper compounds, although the name has also been used for other formulations that produce a similar hue, such as mixtures of chrome yellow and Prussian blue. The pigment is named after Braunschweig, Germany (also known as Brunswick in English) where it was first manufactured. It is a deep, dark green, which may vary from intense to very dark, almost black. The first recorded use of ""Brunswick"
"right. The color ""radical red"", which may also be called bright amaranth pink, was formulated by Crayola in 1990. This color is supposed to be fluorescent, but there is no mechanism for displaying fluorescence on a computer screen. The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of purple amaranth flowers. The first recorded use of ""amaranth purple"" as a color name in English was in 1912. Amaranth deep purple is the tone of amaranth that is called ""amaranth"" in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ""A Dictionary of Color"". Amaranth (color)"
"verdigris was the most vibrant green pigment available and was frequently used in painting. Verdigris was sometimes used to illustrate cyan colors in early color wheels. Viridian is a blue-green pigment, a hydrated chromium(III) oxide, of medium saturation and relatively dark in value. It is composed more of green than blue. Specifically, it is a dark shade of spring green, the color between green and cyan on the color wheel, or, in paint, a tertiary blue–green color. Viridian takes its name from the Latin ""viridis"", meaning ""green"". The first recorded use of ""viridian"" as a color name in English was"
"English word vermin. The name originated because it had a similar color to the natural red dye made from an insect, the ""Kermes vermilio"", which was widely used in Europe. The words for the color in Portuguese (""vermelho""), Galician (""vermello"") and Catalan (""vermell"") have the same origin. The first recorded use of ""vermilion"" as a color name in English was in 1289. The term cinnabar was used interchangeably with vermilion until the 17th century, when vermilion became the more common name. By the late 18th century 'cinnabar' applied to the unground natural mineral only. Vermilion is a dense, opaque pigment"
"or a ""light pinkish purple"". The term ""lavender"" may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light or greyish purples but only on the pink side. Lilac is pale purple on the blue side. In paints, the colour lavender is made by mixing purple and white paint. The first recorded use of the word ""lavender"" as a color term in English was in 1705. Originally, the name ""lavender"" only applied to flowers. By 1930, the book ""A Dictionary of Color"" identified three major shades of lavender—""[floral] lavender"", ""lavender gray"", and ""lavender blue"", and in addition"
"as ""lavender"" (viewed under a full-spectrum fluorescent lamp) in the 1930 book ""A Dictionary of Color"" (reference below), the world standard for color names before the introduction of computers. This color may also be called floral lavender. It is a ""medium violet"". This tone of lavender would be the approximate color you would get if you mix 50% violet paint and 50% white paint. This tone of lavender may be regarded as actual lavender and the other tones displayed in this article can be regarded as all variations on this shade. This lavender also closely matches the color given as"
"from Latin ""virescere"", ""to become green"". In the English language the term virescent may also refer to greenness (cf. verdant). Virescence Virescence is the abnormal development of green pigmentation in plant parts that are not normally green, like shoots or flowers (in which case it is known as floral virescence). Virescence is closely associated with phyllody (the abnormal development of flower parts into leaves) and witch's broom (the abnormal growth of a dense mass of shoots from a single point). They are often symptoms of the same disease affecting the plants, typically those caused by phytoplasmas. The term chloranthy is"
"Pink Pink is a pale red color that is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity and the romantic. A combination of pink and white is associated with chastity and innocence, whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction. The color pink is named after the flowers, pinks, flowering plants in the genus ""Dianthus,"" and derives from the"
"color is lavender purple. This color is a representation of the way mountains look when they are far away. Displayed at right is the color English lavender. ""English lavender"" is a medium light tone of grayish pinkish lavender. The source of this color is the ""Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)"" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender. The color twilight lavender is displayed at right. ""Twilight lavender"" is a color formulated by Crayola in 1990 as one of the colors in its Silver Swirls specialty box of metallic colors. Although this is supposed to be a ""metallic"" color, there is no"
"""lavender"" in a basic purple color chart. The color amethyst is a moderate, transparent violet. Its name is derived from the stone amethyst, a form of quartz. The first recorded use of ""amethyst"" as a color name in English was in 1572. Though the color of natural amethyst varies from purple to yellow, the amethyst color referred to here is the moderate purple color most commonly associated with amethyst stones. There is disagreement as to the cause of the purple color of the amethyst stone. Some believe that the color is due to the presence of manganese, while others have"
"Baldo near Verona in Italy. The color ranges from neutral yellow green to pale greenish gray to dark matte olive green. Green earth Green earth, also known as terre verte and Verona green, is an inorganic pigment derived from the minerals celadonite and glauconite. Its chemical formula is K[(Al,Fe),(Fe,Mg](AlSi,Si)O(OH). First used by the ancient Romans, green earth has been identified on wall paintings at Pompeii and Dura-Europos. The Renaissance painter and writer Cennino Cennini claimed that “the ancients never gilded except with this green” being used as a bole, or undercoating. In the Middle Ages one of its best-known uses"
"is often associated with the color green, as in ""green with envy"", and yellow. Yellow is the color of ambivalence and contradiction; a color associated with optimism and amusement; but also with betrayal, duplicity, and jealousy. The phrase ""green-eyed monster"" refers to an individual whose current actions appear motivated by jealousy not envy. This is based on a line from Shakespeare's ""Othello"". Shakespeare mentions it also in ""The Merchant of Venice"" when Portia states: ""How all the other passions fleet to air, as doubtful thoughts and rash embraced despair and shuddering fear and green-eyed jealousy!"" The character Envy from Fullmetal"
"Amaranth (color) Amaranth is a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant. The color shown is the color of the red amaranth flower (the color normally considered amaranth), but there are other varieties of amaranth that have other colors of amaranth flowers; these colors are also shown below. The color amaranth is displayed at right. This color is also called ""amaranth red"" to distinguish it from the varying colors of other varieties of the amaranth flower. The color ""amaranth"" is similar to printer's magenta (pigment magenta) (but redder). It is the"
"Magenta Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as purplish-red, reddish-purple, purplish, or mauvish-crimson. In the RGB color model, it is made by mixing equal amounts of blue and red. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located midway between red and blue. It is the complementary color of green. It is one of the four colors of ink used in color printing and by an inkjet printer, along with yellow, black, and cyan, to make all the other colors. The tone of magenta used in printing is called ""printer's magenta""."
"Citrine (colour) Citrine is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as yellow, greenish-yellow, brownish yellow or orange. The original reference point for the citrine colour was the citron fruit. The first recorded use of ""citrine"" as a colour in English was in 1386. It was borrowed from a medieval Latin and classical Latin word with the same meaning. In late medieval and early modern English the citrine colour-name was applied in a wider variety of contexts"
"Fuchsia (color) Fuchsia (, ) is a vivid purplish red color, named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which took its name from the 16th century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs. The color fuchsia was first introduced as the color of a new aniline dye called fuchsine, patented in 1859 by the French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin. The dye was renamed magenta later in the same year, to celebrate a victory of the French army at the Battle of Magenta on June 4, 1859, near the Italian city of that name. In the RGB color model, used to"
"use their respective traditional colours. In India, saffron is traditionally associated with Hinduism, Hindutva and the Hindu nationalist movement. Saffron was chosen because in Hindu Sanatana Dharma, the deep saffron colour is associated with sacrifice, religious abstinence, quest for light and salvation. Saffron or ""Bhagwa"" is the most sacred colour for the Hindus and is often worn by Sanyasis who have left their home in search of the ultimate truth. White is today mainly linked to pacifism (as in the surrender flag) and in politics of the United Kingdom to independent politicians such as Martin Bell. Yellow is the colour"
"Vermilion Vermilion (sometimes spelled vermillion) is both a brilliant red or scarlet pigment, originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, and the name of the resulting color. It was widely used in the art and decoration of Ancient Rome, in the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, in the paintings of the Renaissance, as sindoor in India, and in the art and lacquerware of China. The word vermilion came from the Old French word ""vermeillon"", which was derived from ""vermeil"", from the Latin ""vermiculus"", the diminutive of the Latin word ""vermis"", or worm. It has the same origin as the"
"is called ""electric magenta"" or ""electronic magenta"". Amaranth (color) is a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant. The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. At right is displayed a Crayola color formulated in 1949; it was originally called ""brilliant rose"" but the name was changed in 1958 to ""magenta"". This color has a hue angle of 329, which is close to the hue angle of the color rose, which is 330. Displayed at right is the Crayola color shocking pink. This is a Crayola crayon color formulated in 1972"
"remains a very popular color and is affiliated with and used by the Government. Generally green is associated with health, prosperity, and harmony. Green is also the color of jade. Separately, green hats are associated with infidelity and used as an idiom for a cuckold. This has caused uneasiness for Chinese Catholic bishops, who in ecclesiastical heraldry would normally have a green hat above their arms. Chinese bishops have compromised by using a violet hat for their coat of arms. Sometimes this hat will have an indigo feather to further display their disdain for the color green. White, corresponding with"
"into distinct colors linguistically is a matter of culture and historical contingency (although people everywhere have been shown to ""perceive"" colors in the same way). A common list identifies six main bands: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Newton's conception included a seventh color, indigo, between blue and violet. It is possible that what Newton referred to as blue is nearer to what today is known as cyan, and that indigo was simply the dark blue of the indigo dye that was being imported at the time. The ""intensity"" of a spectral color, relative to the context in which"
"color Byzantine is displayed at right. The color Byzantine is a rich tone of medium purple toned toward magenta. The first recorded use of ""byzantine"" as a color name in English was in 1924. The color dark Byzantium is displayed at right. This color is identical to the following dark tone of the color Byzantium displayed on the ISCC-NBS color list: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Byzantium (color sample #242):. Byzantium (color) The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with"
"with dampness. Red is the most active color, blue the most passive; green, in the middle, is the color of neutrality and calm, sometimes used in architecture and design for these reasons. Blue and green together symbolize harmony and balance. Green is often associated with jealousy and envy. The expression ""green-eyed monster"" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: ""it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on."" Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of ""green-eyed jealousy."" Green today is not commonly associated in Europe and the United States with love"
"maroon and magenta are also abstract though they may not be considered 'basic color terms', either because they are considered by native speakers to be too rare, too specific, or subordinate hues of more basic colors (red in the case of maroon, or purple/pink in the case of magenta). Descriptive color words are words that are secondarily used to describe a color but primarily used to refer to an object or phenomenon. ""Salmon"", ""rose"", ""saffron"", and ""lilac"" are descriptive color words in English because their use as color words is derived in reference to natural colors of salmon flesh, rose"
"Lavender (color) Lavender is a light purple. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed at right—it matches the color of the very palest part of the lavender flower; however, the more saturated color shown below as ""floral lavender"" more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered ""lavender"" by the average person as opposed to those who are web site designers. The color lavender might be described as a ""medium purple"""
"pink lavender is displayed at right. The source of this color is the ""Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)"" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender. After the introduction of the Munsell color system, in which purple, described as equivalent to red-violet is described as one of the five psychological primary colors along with red, yellow, green, and blue, some people began to think of lavender as being somewhat more pinkish color. This color can be described as lavender pink or ""pale pinkish-purple"" when purple is defined as equivalent to ""red-violet"" as artists do. This tone of lavender, displayed at right, is"
"however is the emerald, which is colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Chromium(III) oxide (CrO), is called chrome green, also called viridian or institutional green when used as a pigment. For many years, the source of amazonite's color was a mystery. Widely thought to have been due to copper because copper compounds often have blue and green colors, the blue-green color is likely to be derived from small quantities of lead and water in the feldspar. Copper is the source of the green color in malachite pigments, chemically known as basic copper(II) carbonate. Verdigris is made"