What is the difference between 푸르다 and 파랗다? In what situation do you use one and the other?

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푸르다 is used to describe the forest or wood.
for example, 저 산은 정말 푸르다.(That mountain is so green.)

파랗다 is used to describe the sea or the sky.
for example, 저 바다(저 하늘)은 정말 파랗다.(That sea is so blue.)

This is my first time to correct something.
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both mean is blue
but 푸르다 is light blue --푸른 sky
파랗다 is deep blue ---winter sea so 파랗다

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