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Windows · 1985 · Proprietary

Windows 1.0

Windows 1.0 (1985) was Microsoft's first graphical shell, running tiled windows over MS-DOS. Limited to a fixed hardware palette, it couldn't display its signature desktop green directly — so it dithered it, tiling 8×8 blocks of bright green with 4×4 patches of cyan to blend a softer shade the hardware couldn't name. Depending on how you average that pattern, the result lands near #57ff81 (a simple pixel average) or #57ff9a (averaged in linear light, gamma-corrected).

LaterWindows 2.0
Preview#57ff57
All colors4 · click to preview
Dithered Green (Averaged)
#57ff81
Dithered Green (Gamma-Corrected)
#57ff9a
Phosphor Green
#57ff57
Aqua
#57ffff
Phosphor Green
One of the two colors the Windows 1.0 desktop was dithered from — the green that fills each 8×8 block.
KNOWN USES1 palette
Only in this palette so far.
COLOR VALUES · CLICK TO COPY
HEX#57ff57Copy
RGB87, 255, 87Copy
HSL120° 100% 67%Copy
CMYK66% 0% 66% 0%Copy
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Similar colors elsewhere

closest to Phosphor Green · #57ff57
92% match
Emerald
#00ff40
91% match
Chartreuse
#80ff00
90% match
Spring Green
#00ff80

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