Zomp
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About
Zomp is the name for a light green color on the Resene Color List produced by the hex triplet #39A78E. In early March 2018, the color began appearing in photoshops and image macros on Facebook after being referenced in a tweet published by Vsauce.
Origin
According to the "Spring Green" Wikipedia[1] entry, the color zomp was created sometime in 2007. On May 21st, 2016, Tumblr user bottshue[4] posted a screenshot of a description of the zomp color, adding "there's a fucking color named zomp" (shown below).
![bootshue okay uh fellas im not sure how to go about saying this but i really feel like i need you all to know that at around 1am last night i was up in bed using my phone and googling colors for my ocs or something and i just wound up losing my s--- like legitimately laughing to myself for like 5 seconds alone in my bedroom because there's a f------ color named zomp Zomp Color coordinates #39A78E (57, 167, 173) (66, 0, 15, 35) (166, 6696, 66[13]96) Resene G Hex triplet SRGBB (r, g, b) CMYKH (c, m, y, k) HSV (h, s, v) Source B: Normalized to [0-2551 (byte) H: Normalized to [0-100] (hundred) zomp #ZOMP 311 notes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/351/245/a85.jpg "Tumblr user bottshue's post")
Spread
On May 24th, 2016, a definition for "Zomp" was added by Urban Dictionary[5] user Darcy Suthurlanach (shown below).
On March 6th, 2018, the Vsauce Twitter feed posted a link to a Wikipedia page titled "Lost of colors: A-F," along with a screenshot of the colors acid green and zomp from the list (shown below).[3]
![VsauceC @tweetsauce Alphabetically, the first and last color names on Wikipedia are "acid green" and "zomp. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of _ Acid green Zomp Color coordinates Color coordinates Hex triplet RGB8 (r, g, b) #80BF 1 A x triplet GBB (r, g, b) #39A78E (176, 191, 26 (57, 167, 173) IYKH (c, m, y, k) (8, 0, 86, 25 CMYK(c, m, y, k) (66, 0, 15, 35) (166", 66%, 661 Resene (h, s, v) (65°, 86%, 75%) HSV (h, s, v) Art Paints YG07S Source V urce B: Normalized to [0-255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0-100] (hundred) B: Normalized to [0-255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0-100] (hundre](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/351/252/371.jpg "Vsauce tweet")
That day, the Exploding Fish Shitposting And Senseless Drivel Facebook[6] page posted a screenshot of the tweet, along with the message "New meme: Zomp." Within one week, the post gained over 930 reactions, 470 shares and 70 comments. On March 7th, the Exploding Fish Shitposting[2] page posted a zomp-themed Loss edit (shown below). Over the next week, numerous other photoshops referencing the color were highlighted by the Facebook page.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Spring Green
[2] Facebook – Exploding Fish Shitposting
[3] Twitter – @tweetsauce
[6] Facebook – Exploding Fish Shitposting
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![VsauceC @tweetsauce Alphabetically, the first and last color names on Wikipedia are "acid green" and "zomp. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of _ Acid green Zomp Color coordinates Color coordinates Hex triplet RGB8 (r, g, b) #80BF 1 A x triplet GBB (r, g, b) #39A78E (176, 191, 26 (57, 167, 173) IYKH (c, m, y, k) (8, 0, 86, 25 CMYK(c, m, y, k) (66, 0, 15, 35) (166", 66%, 661 Resene (h, s, v) (65°, 86%, 75%) HSV (h, s, v) Art Paints YG07S Source V urce B: Normalized to [0-255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0-100] (hundred) B: Normalized to [0-255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0-100] (hundre](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/351/252/371.jpg "Vsauce tweet")
![bootshue okay uh fellas im not sure how to go about saying this but i really feel like i need you all to know that at around 1am last night i was up in bed using my phone and googling colors for my ocs or something and i just wound up losing my s--- like legitimately laughing to myself for like 5 seconds alone in my bedroom because there's a f------ color named zomp Zomp Color coordinates #39A78E (57, 167, 173) (66, 0, 15, 35) (166, 6696, 66[13]96) Resene G Hex triplet SRGBB (r, g, b) CMYKH (c, m, y, k) HSV (h, s, v) Source B: Normalized to [0-2551 (byte) H: Normalized to [0-100] (hundred) zomp #ZOMP 311 notes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/351/245/a85.jpg "Tumblr user bottshue's post")
Top Comments
Cyphon
Mar 14, 2018 at 04:55PM EDT
Mace121
Mar 14, 2018 at 10:22PM EDT