Olive (color) facts for kids
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Olive is a cool color that looks like a mix of green and brown. It's often described as a muddy green. Think of the color of an actual olive fruit!
This color is actually a dark shade of yellow. You can make different shades of olive by adding gray or black to yellow. Sometimes, you can also get dark olive colors by mixing a darker color, like brown, with green.
What is Olive Drab?
A special shade of olive is called olive drab. This color was used for old U.S. Army field uniforms. It was chosen because it helps soldiers blend in with nature, like trees and grass, making them harder to see.
Where Can You Find Olive?
The most common place to see the color olive is on an olive fruit itself! It's the color of the outside of many olives. The inside of an olive is usually brown, or sometimes even orange or red.
There's also a mineral called olivine that has a pale olive color. It's a beautiful green-yellow gemstone.
Images for kids
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Green sand is actually crystalline olivine which has been eroded from lava rocks
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Olivine crystals
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An M1 helmet, the standard helmet of the U.S. Army from 1941 through the Vietnam War. This helmet is from the Vietnam War; the color is olive green 107.
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An example of black olives
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An olive drab M-1943 field jacket, worn by US soldiers during World War II.
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Olive drab is the uniform color of the Israel Army.
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Cuban soldiers in olive drab.
See also
In Spanish: Verde oliva para niños
