Lincoln green
Green colour of dyed woollen cloth formerly originating in Lincoln, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the area of Leeds, see Lincoln Green.
Lincoln green is the colour of dyed woollen cloth formerly originating in Lincoln, England, a major cloth town during the high Middle Ages. The dyers of Lincoln, known for colouring wool with woad (Isatis tinctoria) to give it a strong blue shade,[2] created the eponymous Lincoln green by overdyeing this blue wool with yellow weld (Reseda luteola)[3] or dyers' broom, Genista tinctoria.[4] Other colours like "Coventry blue" and "Kendal green" were linked to the dyers of different English towns.[5]
Lincoln green is often associated with Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.[6]