Creating Banded Gradients

Hello,
I'm trying to create a banded gradient within a rectangle. I don't want it to look smooth but rather as a series of stepped swatches almost from green to white, so that the gradient would appear to be made of 30 or so colums in a rectangle transitioning from one color to another.
Any help is appreciated!
Cheers

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