2009 National Games of China the colours red, black, yellow, green and blue which are the colours of the Olympic rings and refer to the success of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The final logo was selected from 3040 entries in a public competition launched in 2007 across mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The mascot for the games was a cartoon character called "Taishan Boy" (泰山童子）). It alludes the majestic stone of the Shandong's Mount Taishan. The mascot, dressed in a red shirt and white shorts, is an athletic figure giving the thumbs-up. According to the designer said, the character symbolizes "the spirit of
Blue–green distinction in language plant hues, and grey (like the sea); other shades of green would be referred to in Modern Irish as "uaine" or "uaithne", while "liath" is grey proper (like a stone). Scottish Gaelic uses the term "uaine" for "green". However, the dividing line between it and "gorm" is somewhat different than between the English "green" and "blue", with "uaine" signifying a light green or yellow-green, and "gorm" extending from dark blue (what in English might be navy blue) to include the dark green or blue-green of vegetation. Grass, for instance, is "gorm", rather than "uaine". In addition, "liath" covers a range