Lime (color)

Lime

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #BFFF00
RGBB (r, g, b) (191, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (75°, 100%, 100[1]%)
Source Maerz & Paul [2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lime, also traditionally known as lime green or lime-green, is a color three-quarters of the way between yellow and green (closer to yellow than to green), so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is half way between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.[2]

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Lime (traditional lime green)

The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890.[3][2]

Lime (color#BFFF00) is a pure spectral color at approximately 564 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.

Web color "lime" (X11 Green)

Lime (HTML/CSS); Green (X11)

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #00FF00
sRGBB (r, g, b) (0, 255, 0)
Source HTML/CSS[4]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color named lime actually corresponds to the green primary of an RGB display: it has a different HTML color code (#00FF00). A sample can be seen to the right.

See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML and X11.

This color is the color of lime Jell-O and lemon lime Kool-Aid.

Web color lime green

Lime Green

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #32CD32
RGBB (r, g, b) (50, 205, 50)
Source X11[4]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color called lime green.


Electric lime

Electric Lime

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #CCFF00
RGBB (r, g, b) (204, 255, 0)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color electric lime.

This Crayola color was created in 1990.

This tint of lime is popular in psychedelic art.

Lime in human culture

See also

References

  1. ^ "Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #BFFF00 (Lime):". Web.forret.com. http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%23BFFF00. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 
  2. ^ a b c Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; The index refers to Plate 20 Color Sample J1 as Lime Green; this color is shown on Plate 20 as being halfway between yellow-green (the old name for the color that is now called chartreuse green) and yellow on the color wheel.
  3. ^ The Daily News (London) 14 July 1890. "lime, n2.". Oxford English Dictionary online version. Oxford University Press. September 2011. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/108433?rskey=QODUjt&result=2&isAdvanced=false#eid116686059. Retrieved 2011-11-15.  Subscription or UK public library membership required
  4. ^ a b "W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords". W3.org. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 
  5. ^ Gay City USA Handkerchief Codes:

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Web colors
black gray silver white maroon red purple fuchsia green lime olive yellow navy blue teal aqua
                               
Shades of green
Apple green Asparagus Bright green Chartreuse Dark olive green Dark spring green Dartmouth green Electric green Fern green Forest green
                   
Green Green-yellow Harlequin Honeydew Hunter green India green Islamic green Jungle green Lawn green Lime
                   
Lime green Mantis Mint Mint cream Office green Olive Olive drab Pakistan green Paris Green Persian green
                   
Phthalo green Pigment green Pine green Pistachio Sea green Shamrock green Spring bud Spring green Teal Yellow-green
                   
The samples shown above are only indicative.
Shades of yellow
Amber Apricot Beige Buff Cream Dark goldenrod Ecru Gold Gold (metallic) Goldenrod
                   
Green-yellow Jasmine Jonquil Khaki Lemon chiffon Lime Lion Maize Mikado yellow Naples yellow
                   
Navajo white Olive Papaya whip Saffron School bus yellow Selective yellow Stil de grain yellow Sunglow Vanilla Yellow
                   
The samples shown above are only indicative.