Uranus' color isn't green, it's greenish-blue, and so is Neptune's: Neptune and Uranus seen in true colours for first time

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Neptune and Uranus seen in true colours for first time
bbc.com

  • Previous images of Neptune and Uranus, particularly from Voyager 2, were inaccurately blue and green due to image processing for detail enhancement.
  • New research analyzed data from Hubble and VLT telescopes to reveal their "true" colors are both a similar shade of greenish-blue.
  • Neptune still has a slightly bluer tinge due to a thinner haze layer.
  • Uranus may appear slightly greener in summer/winter but bluer in spring/autumn due to its unique tilt.
  • This research corrects a long-held misconception about these distant planets.
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Am I missing something, or does Uranus look almost exactly the same in the Voyager 2 and reprocessed images? The reprocessed one just looks a tiny bit brighter.

There's really not much in it, I can kinda see it's slightly less green as well as brighter like you say.