It’s light green immediately after steeping; five minutes later it’s more yellowish-green
My first two purchases of green tea looked like brown tea. So next I ordered some Kirkland Ito En Matcha Blend Japanese Green Tea from Amazon.com. I think this tea is actually grown in Japan.
Kirkland is a house brand of Costco, so you may find this tea there.
It has a mild and pleasant taste.
I paid $18 (USD) for a box of 100 and got free shipping, so price per cup is 18 cents.
The box
PS: Brown “green tea”:
Bigelow Green Tea
Twinings Green Tea
Advanced Mediterranean Diet 