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Shadecard shade page for Olive with hex and L*a*b* values, the ISCC-NBS designation Moderate Olive, a Y:R:B starting recipe and visually similar shades
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Shade cards and colour naming systems in textiles

A shade card is a set of colour samples used to specify colour. Names like "olive" are ambiguous; systems such as Munsell, ISCC-NBS and CIELAB tie a name or code to a position.

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