"Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands taken by the Sheriff. In other versions this is not the case and he is instead born into the yeoman class. Traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green, he is said to have robbed from the rich and given to the"
"Lincoln green Lincoln green is the colour of dyed woollen cloth associated with Robin Hood and his merry men in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. The dyers of Lincoln, a cloth town in the high Middle Ages, produced the cloth by dyeing it with woad (""Isatis tinctoria"") to give it a strong blue, then overdyeing it yellow with weld (""Reseda luteola"") or dyers' broom, ""Genista tinctoria"". ""Coventry blue"" and ""Kendal green"" were other colours linked with the dyers of English towns. The first recorded use of ""Lincoln green"" as a colour name in English was in 1510. By the late sixteenth century,"
"Lincoln Green toxopholite hats and feathers, but that they may bring down some ""desirable"" young man with those killing bows and arrows of theirs?"" The colour appears used in the dystopian novel """" by Jasper Fforde, in which shades of green—and Lincoln green in particular—have narcotic effects. Lincoln green Lincoln green is the colour of dyed woollen cloth associated with Robin Hood and his merry men in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. The dyers of Lincoln, a cloth town in the high Middle Ages, produced the cloth by dyeing it with woad (""Isatis tinctoria"") to give it a strong blue, then overdyeing"
"while the color White represents the Philippines as being the ""Pearl of the Orient Seas"". The Green and White color combination are the institutional colors of all the 17 De La Salle schools in the Philippines and also in some other Lasallian schools abroad. The Green Archer is the official athletic symbol of the university that was inspired by Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Patron Saint of Teachers who like the fabled valiant hero from the royal Sherwood forest in Nottinghamshire, England. - Robin Hood, a brave and gallant Green Archer who went against the abusive whims of tyrannical king."
"and anti-authoritarian figure by turning him into the bandit Robin Hood. Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He is known for his mastery of archery as well as his talent for disguising himself. Despite being declared an outlaw, Robin Hood is a good and generous person at heart, and is beloved by the townspeople for his deeds. Robin Hood is a slender red fox with brown eyes who wears a yellow hat with a red feather on it, but later changed to green, and wears green clothing and shoes. Tony"
"dyes are common, plants that yield green dyes are rare. Both woad and indigo have been used since ancient times in combination with yellow dyes to produce shades of green. Medieval and Early Modern England was especially known for its green dyes. The dyers of Lincoln, a great cloth town in the high Middle Ages, produced the Lincoln green cloth associated with Robin Hood by dyeing wool with woad and then overdyeing it yellow with weld or dyer's greenweed (""Genista tinctoria""), also known as dyer's broom. Woolen cloth mordanted with alum and dyed yellow with dyer's greenweed was overdyed with"
"a fan club and was receiving letters requesting signed pictures"", she said. Richard Greene Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"", which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1959. Greene was a Roman Catholic of Irish and Scottish ancestry, and was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. His aunt was the musical theatre actress Evie Greene. His father,"
"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"
"Richard Greene Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"", which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1959. Greene was a Roman Catholic of Irish and Scottish ancestry, and was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. His aunt was the musical theatre actress Evie Greene. His father, Richard Abraham Greene and his mother, Kathleen Gerrard, were both actors with"
"is portrayed by the conventions of heraldic ""hatching"" (in black and white engravings) by lines at a 45-degree angle from upper left to lower right, or indicated by the abbreviation vt. when a coat of arms is tricked. The colour green is commonly found in modern flags and coat of arms, and to a lesser extent also in the classical heraldry of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. Green flags were historically carried by the Fatimid Caliphate in the 10th to 12th centuries, and by Ottokar II of Bohemia in the 13th century. In the modern period,"
"his hood down, telling him that anyone could do simply that. Batman tells him to lose the hood and calls him Robin. With his new alter-ego confirmed, he accompanies Batman to confront Green Lantern, as Batman and Green Lantern talk in one of Batman's safe houses which Robin had painted yellow in order to keep Hal Jordan from using his power ring. After a lengthy discussion in which Jordan loses his composure and strikes Batman, Jordan accuses Batman of kidnapping Grayson and dressing him up as his sidekick. Batman tells Jordan that Robin is not Grayson, but in fact a"
"employs a dichotomy of dramatic forms: the first part moves ""in a comic direction,"" or ""at least toward reconciliation,"" while the second bends ""in a tragic direction."" The story of Robin Hood was integral to English folklore, and Munday was far from the first or only dramatist of his time to exploit it. The most prominent Robin Hood play of Munday's era was ""George a Greene, the Pinner of Wakefield"", registered in 1595 and printed in 1599. This anonymous work has often been attributed to Robert Greene. The anonymous ""Look About You"" (1599?; printed 1600) also features Robin Hood; one"
"green"" is a dark green color created by mixing Prussian blue and Gamboge. It is displayed on the right. Hooker's green takes its name from botanical artist William Hooker (1779–1832) who first created a special pigment for leaves. Displayed at right is the color ""jungle green"". In 1990, Crayola named and formulated this specific tone of jungle green. The first recorded use of ""jungle green"" as a name of a color in the English language was in 1926. ""Laurel green"" is a medium light hue of greenish gray similar to asparagus, but lighter. The first recorded use of ""laurel green"""
"Robin Hood's Delight Robin Hood's Delight is Child ballad 136. It is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century English broadside ballad, and is one of several ballads about the medieval folk hero that form part of the Child ballad collection, which is one of the most comprehensive collections of traditional English ballads. One midsummer day, Robin Hood, Will Scarlock, and Little John are walking in the forest in search of diversion when they meet with three foresters clad in green and carrying faulchions and forest-bills, who challenge them. Robin"
"inside a tool shed. He decided to commit crimes and frame the Red Hood. Batman, Robin and the students discover that the ""Red Hood"" is in fact their old nemesis, the Joker. The Joker explains that years ago, he was a lab worker who decided to steal from the Monarch Playing Card Company. After being thwarted by Batman, however, he jumped into the chemical waste to escape. He survived, but was left with his trademark green hair, chalk white skin, and red lips. Driven insane by the accident, he dedicated his life to getting revenge on Batman. In addition to"
"Robin Hood (Disney character) Robin Hood is a fictional character who is the protagonist in Walt Disney Productions series' 21st animated feature film ""Robin Hood"" (1973). Robin Hood is voiced by Shakespearean and Tony Award winning actor Brian Bedford. The film is based on the legends of Robin Hood and Reynard the fox, a 12th-century Alsatian fairy tale character, but uses anthropomorphic animals rather than people. The story follows the adventures of Robin Hood, Little John and the inhabitants of Nottingham as they fight against the excessive taxation of Prince John, and Robin Hood wins the hand of Maid Marian."
"The most common interpretation of the character is that he is disguised as the criminal Red Hood, and pursued by Batman. The Joker falls into a vat of chemicals which bleaches his skin, colors his hair green and his lips red, and drives him insane. The reasons why the Joker was disguised as the Red Hood, and his identity before his transformation have changed over time. The character was introduced in ""Batman"" #1 (1940), in which he announces that he will kill three of Gotham's prominent citizens (including Mayor Henry Claridge). Although the police protect Claridge, the Joker had poisoned"
"Lincoln green was a thing of the past. Michael Drayton provided a sidenote in his ""Poly-Olbion"" (published 1612): ""Lincoln anciently dyed the best ""green"" in England."" Cloth of Lincoln green was more pleasing than undyed shepherd's gray cloth: ""When they were clothed in Lyncolne grene they kest away their gray"", according to ""A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode"", ca 1510, and Lincoln green betokened an old-fashioned forester even in the fancy dress of Edmund Spenser's ""The Faery Queene"": ""All in a woodman's jacket he was clad<br> of Lincolne Greene, belay'd with silver lace."" ""Robin Hood's Garland"", the popular ballad printed"
"Green Arrow Green Arrow is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ""More Fun Comics"" #73 in November 1941. His real name is Oliver Jonas Queen, a wealthy businessman and owner of Queen Industries who is also a well-known celebrity in Star City. Sometimes shown dressed like the character Robin Hood, Green Arrow is an archer who uses his skills to fight crime in his home cities of Star City and Seattle, as well as alongside his fellow superheroes as a member"
"in the UK. Of the Annex II species, 43 are native to, and normally resident in, the UK. Sherwood Forest Sherwood Forest is a royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England, famous by its historic association with the legend of Robin Hood. The area has been wooded since the end of the Ice Age (as attested by pollen sampling cores). Today, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve encompasses 423.2 hectares, , surrounding the village of Edwinstowe, the site of Thoresby Hall. It is a remnant of an older, much larger, royal hunting forest, which derived its name from its status as the ""shire"
"Robin egg blue Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue, is a shade of cyan (greenish-blue color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin. The first recorded use of ""robin egg blue"" as a color name in English was in 1873. Pale robin egg blue is identical to the following tone of the color ""robin egg blue"" displayed on the ISCC-NBS color list: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)—Color sample of Robin Egg (color sample #162):. Tiffany Blue is the trademarked name for the light medium tone of robin egg blue associated with Tiffany & Co.,"
"hours. Meanwhile, Joker goes to see Catwoman, and invites her to join him in ""some mischief"". Dick creates a costume that includes a hood, basing it on Robin Hood, but Batman points out that an opponent can easily pull the hood down over his head. Batman tells him to lose the hood and names him Robin. Dick receives a new costume made by Alfred. Batman and Robin adorn themselves in yellow body paint and costumes, and meet Green Lantern in a room painted entirely in yellow, since Green Lantern's power ring has no effect on anything yellow in color. Lantern"
"The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series) The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes broadcast weekly between 1955 and 1959 on ITV. It starred Richard Greene as the outlaw Robin Hood, and Alan Wheatley as his nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The show followed the legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers. The programme was produced by Sapphire Films Ltd"
"""Robin"" from a small bird, a robin he sees bravely opposing a falcon. And the surname ""Hood"" from a green hood given to him by the Countess Marian, otherwise known as Lady Marian or Maid Marian. In ""More Fun Comics"" #82 Speedy and Green Arrow use ""time pills"" confiscated from a mad scientist named Professor Wurm to travel back to the 12th century era of Robin Hood. They discover that Robin Hood has been framed for murder by Sir Guy of Gisbourne; Green Arrow clears Robin's name, and later returns to the present day with Speedy. In ""Detective Comics"" vol."
"human eye, and is very eye-catching. For this reason many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow. ""Harlequin"" is a color described as being located between green and yellow (closer to green than to yellow) on the color wheel. On color plate 17 in the 1930 book ""A Dictionary of Color"" (see reference below), the color ""harlequin"" is shown as being a highly saturated rich color at a position halfway between chartreuse and green. Thus in modern color terminology, harlequin is the color halfway between green and chartreuse green on the RGB color wheel. The first recorded use of ""harlequin"" as"
"on his horse wearing his green mantle, intent on adventure. On his way to Nottingham, he meets a ""jolly"" beggar wearing a patched coat and with many bags on his person, which especially attract Robin's attention (5.4). The beggar begs, but Robin refuses to offer him charity because, he explains, he is Robin Hood the outlaw and has no money himself. Robin offers to fight him, and the beggar agrees to the fight and lays into him, hoping to injure him and steal his purse. They fight until the blood trickles down Robin's head. Eventually, Robin calls for a truce"
"the New York City jewelry company. Robin egg blue Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue, is a shade of cyan (greenish-blue color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin. The first recorded use of ""robin egg blue"" as a color name in English was in 1873. Pale robin egg blue is identical to the following tone of the color ""robin egg blue"" displayed on the ISCC-NBS color list: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)—Color sample of Robin Egg (color sample #162):. Tiffany Blue is the trademarked name for the light medium tone of robin egg"
"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"
"The colors were an homage to his father, who worked at a Phillips 66 gas station during the Depression"". She quotes Robert Indiana as describing the original colors as ""the red and green of that sign against the blue Hoosier sky"". Indiana's image was quickly adapted upon its appearance in the 1960s by the hippie free love movement and again in the 1990s by skateboard enthusiasts after skateboarding was banned in Philadelphia's Love Park. Versions of the sculpture now exist in Hebrew, Chinese, Italian and Spanish, as well as the original English. The image has been rendered and parodied in"
"in red, Dewey in blue, and Louie in green. Disney's archivist Dave Smith, in ""Disney A to Z,"" said, ""Note that the brightest hue of the three is red (Huey), the color of water, dew, is blue (Dewey), and that leaves Louie, and leaves are green."" A few random combinations appear in early Disney merchandise and books, such as orange and yellow. Another combination that shows up from time to time is Huey in blue, Dewey in green, and Louie in red. In-story, this inconsistency is explained away as a result of the ducklings borrowing each other's clothes. In Donald"
"both the spoiling and regenerative connotations of the colour. Given these varied and even contradictory interpretations of the colour green, its precise meaning in the poem remains ambiguous. Of the many characters similar to him, the Green Knight of ""Sir Gawain"" is the first to be green. Because of his strange colour, some scholars believe him to be a manifestation of the Green Man figure of medieval art, or as a representation of both the vitality and fearful unpredictability of nature. That he carries a green holly branch, and the comparison of his beard to a bush, has guided many"
"of the green lantern"" and a prostitute's family would wear a green headscarf. In Victorian England, the color green was associated with homosexuality. In legends, folk tales and films, fairies, dragons, monsters, and the devil are often shown as green. In the Middle Ages, the devil was usually shown as either red, black or green. Dragons were usually green, because they had the heads, claws and tails of reptiles. Modern Chinese dragons are also often green, but unlike European dragons, they are benevolent; Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods. The"
"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. During post-classical and early modern Europe, green was the color commonly associated with wealth, merchants, bankers and the gentry, while red was reserved for the nobility. For this reason, the costume of the ""Mona Lisa"" by Leonardo da Vinci and the benches in the British House of Commons are green while those in the House of Lords"