Harlequin (color)
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Harlequin is the color that is halfway between the web color Chartreuse and the color green on the color wheel. It is a color that is 75% green and 25% yellow.
#3FFF00
Harlequin
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[edit] Harlequin
| Harlequin | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #3FFF00 | |
| RGBa | (r, g, b) | (63, 255, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (105°, 100%, 100%) |
| a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
At right is displayed the color harlequin.
The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was was in 1923. [1]
[edit] Harlequin in Human Culture
- In medieval times, jesters often wore a harlequin colored costume (the word harlequin is sometimes used as a synonym for jester).
- Harlequins, comic figures in Italian opera, sometimes wore harlequin colored costumes (apparently this is the source of the name of the color).
- Because of its association with jesters and harlequins, the color harlequin is often used in costumes for mimes, the theatre, and opera.
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample: Page 57 Plate 17 Color Sample K11--Harlequin
