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Citron is a dark
Citron is a dark lemon
The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China.
The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culin ...
color similar to that of the fruit citron
The citron (''Citrus medica''), historically cedrate, is a large fragrant citrus fruit with a thick rind. It is said to resemble a 'huge, rough lemon'. It is one of the original citrus fruits from which all other citrus types developed throu ...
. As a tertiary color
A tertiary color or intermediate color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with half saturation of another primary color and none of a third primary color, in a given color space such as RGB, CMYK (more modern) or RYB ...
on the RYB color wheel, it is an equal mix of orange and green pigments.John Lemos, 1920, "Color Charts for the School Room", in ''School Arts'', vol. 19, pp 580–584
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*Citrine (color)
Citrine is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as yellow, greenish-yellow, brownish yellow or orange. ...
*List of colors
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* List of colors: A–F
* List of colors: G–M
* List of colors: N–Z
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* List of color palettes
* List of Crayola crayon colors
* List of RAL colors
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Tertiary colors
Shades of yellow
Shades of green
Shades of brown
Shades of orange
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