Chartreuse

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Chartreuse may refer to:

  • Chartreuse, a color that is part yellow and part green, although the name is frequently, mistakenly applied to other colors, such as reddish purple or reddish orange.
  • Chartreuse Yellow, a color mostly yellow and part green. Not to be confused with a slightly reddish purple.
  • Chartreuse (liqueur), a brand of liqueur produced in the Chartreuse monastery
  • The Grande Chartreuse, a Carthusian monastery in the Chartreuse mountains
  • The Chartreuse Mountains north of Grenoble, France
  • La Chartreuse de Parme (English: The Charterhouse of Parma), a famous novel by 19th century French writer Stendhal
  • The Girl from the Chartreuse, a book by Pierre Péju and also the title of the adapted film by Jean-Pierre Denis