Forest green

In culture

Cartography

• Forest green is used to represent deciduous forest on maps depicting natural vegetation.

  Environmentalism

• Forest green may be used to represent the Green movement, especially in graphic design for environmental literature regarding issues having to do with forest conservation.
• A forest green environmentalist is an environmentalist who is seriously committed to environmentalism.

  School colors

• Forest green is one of the school colors of The Evergreen State College, Agincourt Collegiate Institute, Wagner College, Cass Technical High School, The Westminster Schools, Newark Arts High School, Canyon Lake High School, St Robert Catholic High School, Westlake High School, Mesa Verde High School, and Elk Grove High School.

  Scouting

• Forest green is used in the uniforms of the Boy Scouts of America, Venture Scouts, and other Scouting organizations.

  Military

• Forest green is a frequent color used in woodland camouflage. Beyond camo uniforms, soldiers will spray their weapons using a multitude of colors including forest green to what would otherwise be black or wooden material.

  Sports

• Forest green is one of the team colors of the Nottingham Hoods, an English basketball team. It is also found on the team colors of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, as related to the flag of Saskatchewan. The Minnesota Wild of the NHL has forest green as one of their team colors.