How can I output different shades of green to the terminal?

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Published on 2010-05-11T21:10:19Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 21:14 UTC
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I'm currently using the following code to output text in green to the terminal:

printf("%c[1;32mHello, world!\n", 27);

However, I want more shades of green. What's the easiest way to accomplish this?

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