Traditional chartreuse (#DFFF00)
Web color chartreuse (#7FFF00)
Chartreuse (pronounced /ʃɑrˈtruːz/, /ʃɑrˈtruːs/; French IPA: [ʃarˈtʁɶz]) (the web color) is a color halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764; whereas chartreuse (the traditional color) is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green that was named because of its resemblance to the yellow color of one of the French liqueurs called yellow chartreuse, introduced in 1838.[1]
The web color chartreuse is the color precisely halfway between green and yellow, so it is 50% green and 50% yellow. It is one of the tertiary colors of the HSV color wheel.
The complementary (opposite) color of (the web color) chartreuse on the HSV color wheel is violet. Chartreuse is the most visible color to the human eye because it sits directly in the middle of the frequencies of visible light (assuming a linear scale).[2][unreliable source?]
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| Chartreuse (web color) | ||
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| Hex triplet | #7FFF00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (127, 255, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (90°, 100%, 100%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the web color chartreuse.
The term chartreuse was first used to refer to this color (the color halfway between green and yellow) when the X11 web colors were invented in the mid-1990s. Before that, this color was called yellow-green.[citation needed]
| Chartreuse (traditional) | ||
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| Hex triplet | #DFFF00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (223, 255, 0) |
| Source | unsourced | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The color names chartreuse and chartreuse yellow traditionally refer to much more yellowish colors than the web color chartreuse.
The first recorded use of chartreuse as a color name in English was in 1892 (to refer to this, the traditional color chartreuse).[3]
| Pear | ||
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| Hex triplet | #D1E231 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (209, 226, 49) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (66°, 78%, 88[4]%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Pear is a desaturated chartreuse yellow that resembles the color of Anjou or Bartlett pears.
The color pear is used to advertise cans or bottles of pear nectar.
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| Hex triplet | #ADFF2F | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (173, 255, 47) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (84°, 100%, 67%) |
| Source | X11[5] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color green-yellow, a light tint of chartreuse.
| Lawn Green | ||
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| Hex triplet | #7CFC00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (124, 252, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (90°, 98%, 48%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color lawn green, a bright tint of chartreuse.
| Pistachio | ||
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| Hex triplet | #93C572 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (147, 197, 146) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (96°, 42%, 77[6]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color pistachio, also called pistachio green, a representation of the color of the interior meat of a pistachio nut. It is also a representation of the color of pistachio ice cream (one of the flavors of ice cream in spumoni), and of pistachio pudding.
The first recorded use of pistachio green as a color name in English was in 1789. [7]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Pistachio Green (Color Sample #135).
| Yellow-Green | ||
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| Hex triplet | #9ACD32 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (154, 205, 50) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (90°, 60%, 54%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color yellow-green, a dull medium shade of chartreuse.
Before the X11 web colors were invented in the mid-1990s, the color term yellow-green was used to refer to the color that is now designated as the web color chartreuse (chartreuse green) (i.e., the color halfway between yellow and green on the color wheel), shown above. Now, the term yellow-green is used to refer to this medium desaturated shade of chartreuse.
| Apple Green | ||
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| Hex triplet | #8DB600 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (141, 182, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (74°, 100%, 71[8]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color apple green, a representation of the color of the outer skin of a green apple.
The first recorded use of apple green as a color name in English was in 1648. [9]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Apple Green (Color Sample #115).
| Olive | ||
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| Hex triplet | #808000 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (128, 128, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (60°, 100%, 50%) |
| Source | X11 color names | |
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Olive is a dark shade of yellow typically seen on green olives. It can be formed by adding a little black to yellow dye or paint. As a color word in the English language, it is unexpectedly old, appearing in late Middle English. Shaded green, it becomes olive drab. Olive can also be referred to as dark yellow. That the color olive is a shade of yellow can readily be ascertained by inspecting its hex code--the red and green values are equal, with no blue value, signifying a shade of yellow.
Sometimes people of what in the early 20th century was called the Mediterranean subrace of the Caucasian race are described as being "olive-skinned", to denote shades of medium toned white skin that is darker than the average color for Caucasians, such as many people from southern Italy. In religion, olive is sometimes used as a Church color during Ordinary Time. Shades of olive, such as Olive Drab, are frequently used for camouflage, or by the military in general. The complementary color of olive is lavender.
| Olive Drab | ||
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| Hex triplet | #6B8E23 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (107, 142, 35) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (80°, 75%, 56%) |
| Source | X11 color names | |
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Olive drab is the color olive shaded toward a greener color.
The first recorded use of olive drab as a color name in English was in 1892. [10]
Olive drab was the color of the standard fighting uniform for U.S. GIs and tanks during World War II. U.S. soldiers often referred to their uniforms as "OD's" due to the color. There are very few countries still issuing Olive Drab uniforms, Israel, India and Austria being the exceptions. The color is currently defined by the FS-595 paint standard.[11][12] As a solid color, it is not as effective for camouflage as multiple-color camo schemes (i.e. US Army Combat Uniform, tigerstripe, MARPAT, Multicam, etc.), though it is still used by the U.S. military to color webbing and accessories. The military refers to the color as Olive Green 107, or more commonly OG 107.[13]
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| Hex triplet | #78866B | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (120, 134, 107) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (91°, 20%, 53%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
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Camouflage green is a color that resembles the gray-green color often used by the military and hunters to camouflage themselves. Thus, this color is often known as military green and is related to hunter green.
Camouflage green is used in camouflage.
Note: Any of these references to the color chartreuse made in artistic creations produced before the mid 1990s refer to the traditional color chartreuse (chartreuse yellow). Works produced since the mid 1990s may be referring to either the traditional color chartreuse (chartreuse yellow) or the web color chartreuse (chartreuse green), depending on the context.
