The olive colour is an earthy green shade, reminiscent of the colour of ripe olives. This colour has cool green tones mixed with yellowish and brownish notes, resulting in a unique and neutral shade. The colour olive is often associated with a sense of calm, stability and naturalness, and is therefore often used to represent nature or the countryside.
Olive is a popular colour in fashion and interior design because it can be easily combined with other natural colours such as brown, beige or cream shades. Olive green is also a popular shade for military clothing, as it blends in well with the natural environment and reduces the wearer's visibility. Olive has therefore become a symbol of practicality and functionality.
Olive colour RGB and HEX colour codes
The olive colour is a greenish-brownish hue, which has the value (128, 128, 0) in the RGB encoding. Its corresponding HEX code is #808000.
| Colour scheme | Code/Weights |
|---|---|
| Hex |
#808000 |
| RGB |
rgb(128, 128, 0) |
| HSL |
hsl(60, 100%, 25%) |
| HSV/HSB |
hsv(60, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK |
cmyk(0, 0, 100, 50) |
| Contrasting colour |
#7F7FFF |
| Complementary colour |
#000080 |
Olive dark and light shades
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Dark shades
Light shades
Olive complementary colour palettes
The olive colour can be combined with many exciting colour palettes. These include complementary, analogue, monochrome, triad, tetrad, split complementary and neutral palettes. Here are some examples of these colour schemes.
Complementary palette
Analogue palette
Monochrome palette
Triad palette
Tetrade palette
Split complementary palette
Neutral palette
What is the colour of olive?
The olive colour is a brownish-green shade reminiscent of the colour of ripe olives. This colour can be lighter or darker in a wide range of shades, but always with a greenish and brownish tinge.
What determines the colour of olives?
The colour of olive depends on several factors. First of all, the stage of ripening of the olive determines its colour. Unripe olives Green colour, while ripe olives take on a darker, brownish-black hue. In addition, the processing method, such as fermentation, also affects the colour of the olives.
How is olive colour mixing possible?
To blend the olive colour, use a combination of green and yellow. To do this, first use the green colour and then gradually add yellow paint until the desired shade of olive is achieved. If you need a deeper, darker olive colour, you can add a little brown or black. Be careful to always add a little, as dark colours can quickly dominate the mixture.
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