Talk:Olive (color)

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Skin[edit]

I would like to see some information on the usage of olive as the color of one's skin. Thanks

Names[edit]

I'm curious about the names of the colors on that color chart. Are those the names of tones and pigments from some paint company? If so, are they copyrighted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.120.26 (talk) 22:04, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They may include web colours. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:04, 7 April 2015 (UTC).

Olive as a shade of yellow[edit]

The web color Olive (#808000) is alternately called "Dark yellow". By that rationale, I believe Olive should be categorized under shades of yellow. Any objections? p b p 15:07, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. You need a more reliable source than a forum list, though. Forum posts are not acceptable sources. oknazevad (talk) 15:15, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Purplebackpack is correct. Here is a google hit, unfortunately behind a paywall:

OSA | Central Notations for ISCC-NBS Color Names

https://www.osapublishing.org/josa/fulltext.cfm?uri=josa-31-9-587

But certain other hue names cover only a limited range of lightnesses and saturations, as the pinks which refer to very light reds, and the olives which refer to very dark yellows. But common usage is so strong in regard to such terms that the ISCC-NBS method has taken them into consideration and has applied different ...

Olive may look "green" but in color theory it is dark yellow.209.6.199.75 (talk) 01:47, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In theory, but there's the plain fact that the cones on the eye are not equally sensitive, so at lower intensity the eye sees more green than red, making the result green, not yellow, for all practical purposes. oknazevad (talk) 17:38, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Avocado as a shade of olive[edit]

Avocado green is a similar hue to Olive green. As such, it should be listed here p b p 15:09, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Similar" isn't sufficient. There are many similar shades over at the list of shades of green. But avocado isn't called olive, so it seems to me to be outside the scope of the article, unless a specific reference can be found equivocating them.

As for my reference to having this conversation before, it was in August 2012 and I explained my view on your talk page. As at the time the addition of avaocado was being contested by two or three editors, and since no one else has seen to re-add I since, it seems that consensus was not to include it. oknazevad (talk) 15:15, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Olive drab 2[edit]

Olive drab which was merged here had a second colour box for olive drab. It may belong here. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC).

Chartreuse[edit]

It could be said that olive (color) is just dark chartreuse (color) (and the other way around), with the same distance or separation as any light and dark pair of color shades of green or blue or purple. Even lacking any specific source supporting this, at least it’s self evident enough to warrant an entry under "See also:", I think. Tuvalkin (talk) 03:58, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]