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Shades of Green

Shades of Greene, a 1975 British television series based on short stories by Graham Greene



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Birds of a Feather

They are shocked to discover that the author of "Fifty Shades of Green" (a Fifty Shades of Grey clone) is their old friend Dorien, whom they haven't seen in years.

Distinction of blue and green in various languages

In traditional Welsh (and related Celtic languages), glas could refer to blue but also to certain shades of green and grey, and llwyd could refer to various shades of grey and brown; however, modern Welsh is tending toward the 11-color Western scheme, restricting glas to blue and using gwyrdd for green, llwyd for grey and brown for brown.

Kerry and Lindsay Clare

Following the inclusion of the McWilliam residence in the Venice Biennale 1991 their Cotton Tree social housing project was selected worldwide for inclusion in the 'Ten Shades of Green' exhibition in New York; an exhibition demonstrating architectural excellence and environmental sensitivity organised by the Architectural League of New York.

Lincoln green

The colour appears used in the dystopian novel Shades of Grey 1: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde, in which shades of green -- and Lincoln green in particular -- have narcotic effects.