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Light Green

Shuttle Art Green cool

Shuttle Art Light Green Light Green is a light yellow alcohol marker in the Green family. It sits in the lighter value range, making it well-suited for golden highlights, warm sunlight, sand. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Green family Cool temperature 66% lightness
Golden highlightsWarm sunlightSandGolden hourBright accents
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Light Green
Color Family
Green
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
66%
Saturation
65%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Computed lighter and darker shades from the displayed swatches. Test them on your paper before blending.

Shadow Side
Y128
Yellow Perceptual L88%
37
Pastel Yellow Perceptual L88%
Current Marker
Light Green
Light Green Perceptual L88%
Highlight Side
38
Pale Yellow Perceptual L88%
237
Willow Green Perceptual L88%

Works Well With

Highlights
176
Neo Mint Light
+14 lightness
180
Cool Shadow
+14 lightness
237
Willow Green
+15 lightness
191
Bluish Grey
+15 lightness
Shadows
226
226
-12 lightness
Green
Green
-13 lightness
123
123
-14 lightness
Metallic Green
Metallic Green
-14 lightness
Analogous Colors
37
Pastel Yellow
15° hue shift
226
Green Sage Light
15° hue shift
221
221
15° hue shift
45
45
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

CG3
Cool Grey 3
opposite hue
251
251
opposite hue
CG2
Cool Grey 2
opposite hue
119
119
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where Light Green fits the color story by mood and hue.

📖 Cozy Autumn Chapter
Wool cream, candle tan, maple gold, worn leather, and quiet olive make a soft reading-day palette.
Seasonal
🏵️ Marigold Remembrance
Marigold flame and clay orange glow against bone tan, dark olive, and ceremonial earth brown.
Seasonal
🖼 Impressionist
Garden in late afternoon dappled through poplars; violet shadow and broken gold trembling on the path.
Art Style
📺 Dreamcore Static
Yellow-green hallway extending past where memory ends; the carpet doesn't repeat and the doors are all wrong.
Emotional
🌺 Peony Afternoon
Blowsy pink blooms past their peak, petals dropping on warm stone — spring's most extravagant goodbye.
Seasonal
🌼 Soft Buttercup
Pale spring yellow in a field you could nap in — soft enough to be gentle, bright enough to matter.
Seasonal
🌅 Fae Market at Dawn
Gossamer stalls and improbable pastels dissolving with the last stars — trade fast, ask nothing.
Magical
🌞 High Summer Noon
Bleached midday — white sky, pale gold, the shadows hiding under their own objects.
Seasonal

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174
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mid yellow
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Light Green
light vivid yellow
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Light Green
Light Green
light yellow
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Lime Green
light yellow-green
#BDCA9E
234
234
dark vivid yellow-green
#99B71F
42
42
deep yellow-green
#43492D

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