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Spring bud
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<p>Spring bud is the <a href="/facts/Color/XDvW7ESP">color</a> that used to be called spring green before the <a href="/facts/X11/ac2vRIQL">X11</a> <a href="/facts/Web_color/bvUDhlfX">web color</a> <a href="/facts/Spring_green/EyfkTSeJ">spring green</a> was formulated in 1987 when the <a href="/facts/X11_color_names/xXBtPgSa">X11 colors</a> were first promulgated. This color is now called <i>spring bud</i> to avoid confusion with the web color. </p><p>The color is also called soft spring green, spring green (traditional), or spring green (M&P). </p><p>The first recorded use of <i>spring green</i> as a color name in <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a> (meaning the color that is now called <i>spring bud</i>) was in 1766. </p>