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Let’s look at some green buttons. The color green comes
in many different shades. Some common green colors are
emerald, sage, mint, lime, malachite, and one of my favor-
ites, chartreuse as is the background in the studio button by
Shirley Burgess.
When displaying a card of green buttons, try to include a variety of greens, from
blue-green to yellow-green. Various shades of green can be found in button ma-
terials depending on the dye, paint, or wash used.
There are some things to think about when using green buttons in competition.
In the group of glass buttons shown below are they all green? Are there any
imposters?
If you look closely, you will see that there is one black glass button with a pen-
tagonal shaped green glass inset, not a green glass button. Then there is a sheet
overlay with a brass escutcheon of grapes on top. Look closely and you can see
there is a very thin sheet of green glass on top of the white body. Finally, there is
a green sheath overlay – meaning green glass encases the white body swirlback.
These three buttons would not qualify as green glass.
