Avocado Green

Shades of chartreuse are listed below. Historically, many of these colors have gone under the name of either yellow or green, as the specifics of their color composition was not known until later.

Wrapping the spectrum into a color wheel

In a color proximity sense, a primary color has a color range of 120° (60° on each side of the color's hue) and any color has to be within that range to be considered a variation of that color. Secondary colors have a color range of 60° (30°), tertiary colors have a color range of 30° (15°), quaternary colors have a color range of 15° (7.5°), quinary colors have a color range of 7.5° (3.75°), and so on. Because chartreuse is located at a hue angle of 90°, it has a tertiary color range of 75° and 105°, and any color out of this range is more related to yellow or green than chartreuse. If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, chartreuse
additive tertiary
appears midway between yellow and green:

Definitions of chartreuse

Chartreuse (web color)

Chartreuse green was codified to refer to this brighter color when the X11 colors were formulated in 1987; by the early 1990s, they became known as the X11 web colors. 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, also known as the RGB color wheel. Another name for this color is chartreuse green.

The term ''chartreuse'' is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as: "A shade of colour; a pale apple-green". The dictionary gives a quotation in the British publication '' Western Daily Press'' (26 Dec. 1884) Vol. 7 No. 5 as being the earliest occurrence found in print of the term 'chartreuse' used as the name of a color. However the source does not define or describe the color referred to.

"Chartreuse Green" is also listed in ''Plochere Color System'' (1948).

In ''Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names'' (1976), "Chartreuse Green" is listed under "116. Brilliant Yellow Green".

In ''The Domestic Monthly'' (1885) is written, "The delicate, pale green, with a yellow tinge, entitled 'Chartreuse,' is a rival to the renewed apple green," and, "The new shade of Chartreuse green, from light to dark, is lovely in the large feather fans. ... Some of the corded silks have fancy stripes in a combination of colors such as ... mousse and Chartreuse, which is the stylish yellow green."

In ''The Ladies' Home Journal'' of May 1889, is written, "Chantilly cloaks come shaped like the old-fashioned rotonde, with collar of narrow lace, and are worn over a lining of chartreuse green or jonquil yellow."

In ''The Millinery Trade Review'' (1889) is written, "From Madame Catlin of Paris, a hat of velvet in moss-green of medium tone, or of strong Chartreuse-green."

In ''The Mineral Industry'' (1898) is written, "The characteristic twin colors of a few doubly refractive gems will prove of interest ... tourmaline green (chartreuse green and bluish green).

In ''Dry Goods Reporter'' (1905), it is noted under "Choosing an Easter Hat" — "Chartreuse greens are among the colors hardest of all to combine artistically, and yet with the new popular bluet are charming."

In ''Pure Products'' (1910) is written, "The following colors can be bought in powder form ... chartreuse green".

In a 1956 edition of ''Billboard'', a jukebox is advertised as being available in "Delft blue, cherry red, embered charcoal, chartreuse green, bright sand, canary yellow, atoll coral and night-sky black."

In 1988, Margaret Walch, director of the Color Association of the United States is reported to have said, "The hottest color out there now is an ugly chartreuse green.... It suggests what we don't have: nature, youth, energy, growth."

Chartreuse (traditional)

The first recorded use of ''chartreuse'' for the color that is now called ''chartreuse yellow'' in American English was in 1892.Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930) ''A Dictionary of Color'', p. 192, New York: McGraw-Hill

In the book ''Color Standards and Color Nomenclature'' (1912), "Chartreuse Yellow" is listed and illustrated.

Variations of chartreuse

Bright green

Bright green is on the color wheel approximately one-third of the way between chartreuse green and harlequin (color #3FFF00) (closer to chartreuse green than to harlequin). Bright green represents a visual stimulus of 556 nanometers on the visual spectrum as measured on the CIE chromaticity diagram. The X11 color ''green'' is somewhat similar to bright green, with a hex triplet of #00FF00, compared to bright green's triplet of #66FF00.

The color bright green is used to represent bright green environmentalism or the Viridian design movement.

Yellow-green

 
Yellow-green is a dull medium shade of chartreuse.
 
Before the X11 colors were formulated in 1987, the color term ''yellow-green'' was used to refer to the color that is now designated as the web color ''chartreuse'' (''chartreuse green''). Now, the term "yellow-green" is used to refer to this medium desaturated shade of chartreuse.

Green-yellow

''Green-yellow'' is a mixture of the colors green and yellow. It is a web color. It is a light tint of chartreuse.

"Green-yellow" is an official Crayola crayon color which was formulated in 1958.

Green-yellow is near the center of the light spectrum visible to the human eye, and is very eye-catching. For this reason, many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow.

Lime

 
Lime is a color that is sometimes referred to as a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. However, in its original form, it referred to the colour of the samara fruits of the lime or linden tree (species in the genus ''Tilia'').
 
The first recorded use of ''lime green'' as a color name in English was in 1890.
 

Rifle green

The color ''rifle green'' is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color No. 19-0419 TPX—Rifle green.

The first recorded use of ''rifle green'' as a color name in English was in 1858.

Rifle green is so named from the distinctive color of the uniform of rifle regiments (a form of light infantry) of a number of European armies, and is still used as such by rifle regiments in many Commonwealth armies, such as the Rifles and Royal Gurkha Rifles of the British Army and the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.

Rifle green was originally adopted by rifle regiments in the 18th century, including the famous 95th Rifles of the Napoleonic Wars. As the traditional role of riflemen was that of marksmen and skirmishers who attacked behind the cover of trees, a dark green uniform was adopted as an early form of camouflage, as opposed to the colorful uniforms worn by other soldiers of the period. The vegetable based dyes used during the 18th and early 19th centuries were not fast, frequently fading after exposure to the elements to lighter shades of green or even brown. While this had advantages in terms of reduced visibility on active service, it did not make for a smart appearance on the peace-time parade ground. Accordingly, the color of the rifleman's uniform was progressively darkened until it approached black. After 1890 the development of chemical dyes permitted the adoption of the stable shade of rifle green now worn. In the U.S. armed forces, the green beret may be worn only by soldiers awarded the Special Forces Tab, signifying they have been qualified as special forces soldiers. The special forces beret is officially designated "beret, man's, wool, rifle green, army shade 297". Previously, rifle green uniforms had been issued to Hiram Berdan's elite 1st and 2nd United States Sharpshooters during the American Civil War.

Rifle green was the official uniform colour of the Canadian Forces (CF) after unification; it was thereafter generally referred to as "CF green"; indeed, the service dress uniform of the day was referred to as "CF greens". After the introduction of the distinctive environmental uniform (DEU), rifle green remained as the uniform colour of the winter land environment DEU; a short-lived tan uniform was worn in summer. After the demise of the tans, the rifle green DEU was worn year-round. Rifle green was also the colour of the uniform worn by the Northern Irish Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) until 2001 where the RUC was renamed the PSNI and while the uniform color remained the same, terminology changed to "bottle green".

Rifle green is 19–0419 TPX in the Pantone palette, or hex code #444C38 in the sRGB color space, as shown above.

Spring bud

Spring bud was the color that was traditionally called "spring green" before the web color ''spring green'' was formulated in 1987.

The first recorded use of ''spring green'' as a color name in English (meaning the color that is now called ''spring bud'') was in 1766.

Lawn green

 
Lawn green is a bright tint of chartreuse.

Apple green

 
Apple green is a representation of the color of the outer skin of a Granny Smith apple. A darker version of this color has been used for the IRT Lexington Avenue Line since June 1979, when the NYCTA decided to assign line colors to all the routes within the major trunk lines in the Central Business District, plus different colors for services not entering Manhattan. By doing this, they scrapped the 1967 colors that were assigned separately to each service.
 
The first recorded use of ''apple green'' as a color name in English was in 1648.

Kelly green

''Kelly green'' is an American term. The name derives from the fact that the surname ''Kelly'', as well as the color green, are both popular in Ireland. The use of the term as a color name occurred at least as far back as March 1911 when it appeared in '' The Boston Globe'' and newspapers across the country as the new color of fashion.

Turtle green

Displayed at right is the color turtle chartreuse, or turtle green, a representation of the color of turtles.

The normalized color coordinates for turtle green are identical to moss green, first recorded as a color name in English in 1884.

Pistachio

Pistachio is a dull yellowish-green color resembling the pistachio nut.

Avocado

Avocado is a dark yellow-green color that is a representation of the color of the outer surface of an avocado. Avocado, along with other earthy tones like harvest gold and burnt orange, was a common color for consumer goods like automobiles, shag carpets, and household appliances during the 1970s.

Kombu green

The color kombu chartreuse, or kombu green, is displayed at right.

The color ''kombu green'' is a representation of the color of kombu, edible kelp from the family Laminariaceae widely eaten in East Asia.

The source of this color is the " Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-0417 TPX—Kombu Green.

Asparagus

''Asparagus'' is a tone of chartreuse that is named after the vegetable. Crayola created this color in 1993 as one of the 16 to be named in the Name the Color Contest.

It is also the color of a wild asparagus plant blowing in the wind of the 1949 classic film ''Sands of Iwo Jima''.

Another name for this color is ''asparagus green''. The first recorded use of "asparagus green" as a color name in English was in 1805.

Artichoke

Artichoke is a color that is a representation of the color of a raw fresh uncooked artichoke. Another name for this color is ''artichoke chartreuse'' or ''artichoke green''.

The first recorded use of "artichoke green" as a color name in English was in 1905.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 189; Color Sample of Artichoke Green: p. 63 Plate 20 Color Sample B2

Moss green

''Moss green'' is a tone of chartreuse that resembles moss.

The first recorded use of ''moss green'' as a color name in English was in 1884.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 199; Color Sample of Moss Green: p. 65 Plate 21 Color Sample L2

The normalized color coordinates for moss green are identical to turtle green.

Dark moss green

Reseda green

Reseda chartreuse, or Reseda green, is a shade of greyish chartreuse in the classic range of colors of the German RAL colour standard, in which it is named "RAL 6011".Overview of all RAL Classic colours
RAL gemeinnützige GmbH. Accessed January 2016.

The name derives from the color of the leaves of '' Reseda odorata'', commonly known as mignonette.Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi (2008)
''Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction''
Amsterdam; Boston; London: Elsevier/ Architectural Press. .

See also

* Lime (color)
* List of colors

References

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