Chartreuse (color)

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For the liqueur chartreuse, see chartreuse (liqueur).

Chartreuse is a color that was named that becuse it looks like the color of one of the French liqueurs called chartreuse (liqueur).

The web color chartreuse is the color precisely halfway between green and yellow. It is a color that is 50% green and 50% yellow.

The complementary (opposite) color of chartreuse is violet

Contents 1 Chartreuse 2 Chartreuse versus chartreuse yellow 3 Chartreuse in human culture 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Chartreuse

Chartreuse
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#7FFF00
RGBa	(r, g, b)	(127, 255, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(90°, 100%, 100%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color chartreuse. This color is also called chartreuse green.

The term chartreuse was first used to refer to this color (the color halfway between green and yellow) in the 1990s. Before that, this color was called yellow-green.

[edit] Chartreuse versus chartreuse yellow

Before the web color chartreuse was invented in the 1990s, the color name chartreuse always referred to a much more yellowish green color that is today called chartreuse yellow to distinguish it from the color displayed in this article.

Since many people (especially those in the baby boom generation and older, but also some younger people) think of the term chartreuse as referring to what is nowadays called chartreuse yellow, it may be necessary to carefully distinguish between the two colors by referring to the color described in this article as chartreuse green when speaking to or writing for certain audiences (especially those not involved in web site design or the computer industry) to avoid any confusion.

[edit] Chartreuse in human culture

• Chartreuse represents chartreuse liqueur.
• Chartreuse may be used in advertising for greengrocers or farmers markets.
• Chartreuse (as well as green) may be used to represent the Green movement.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Chartreuse Yellow
• Harlequin
• Lime
• List of colors

					Shades of green
Asparagus	Bright green	Camouflage green	Celadon	Chartreuse	Emerald	Fern green	Gray-Tea Green	Gray-asparagus	Green	Green-yellow	Jade
Lime	Moss green	Myrtle	Olive	Olive Drab	Pear	Pine Green	Sea green	Spring green	Swamp green	Tea Green	Forest green
Chartreuse yellow	Harlequin	Office green	Lime pulp	Hunter green	Kelly green	Shamrock green	Islamic green	Lime Green