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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 space|HSV color wheel]]. |
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 space|HSV color wheel]]. |
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The complementary (opposite) color of (the web color) chartreuse on the [[HSV color space|HSV color wheel]] is [[Violet (color)|violet]]. Chartreuse is the |
The complementary (opposite) color of (the web color) chartreuse on the [[HSV color space|HSV color wheel]] is [[Violet (color)|violet]]. Chartreuse is the least [[visibility (disambiguation)|visible]] color to the [[human eye]] because it sits directly in the middle of the frequencies of visible light (assuming a linear scale).<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/nine-brain-quirks-you-didnt-realize-you-had.html |title =Nine Brain Quirks You Didn't Realize You Had |accessdate = 2007-08-01 |author = |last = |first = |authorlink = |coauthors = |date = |year = |month = |format = |work = |publisher =Lifehack.org |pages = |language = |doi = |archiveurl = |archivedate = |quote = }}</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=October 2008}} |
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==Chartreuse (web color) (chartreuse green)== |
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Traditional chartreuse (#DFFF00)
#DFFF00
Web color chartreuse (#7FFF00)
#7FFF00
Chartreuse (Template:PronEng; 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 least 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?]
Chartreuse (web color) (chartreuse green)
| Chartreuse (web color) | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #7FFF00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (127, 255, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (90°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (90, 123, 120°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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) (chartreuse yellow)
| Chartreuse (traditional) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #DFFF00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (223, 255, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (68°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (95, 108, 97°) |
| Source | unsourced |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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]
Variations of chartreuse
Pear
| Pear | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #D1E231 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (209, 226, 49) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (66°, 78%, 89%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (86, 91, 93°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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.
Green-yellow
| Green-Yellow | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #ADFF2F |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (173, 255, 47) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (84°, 82%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (92, 111, 112°) |
| Source | X11[4] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the web color green-yellow, a light tint of chartreuse.
Lawn green
| Lawn Green | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #7CFC00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (124, 252, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (90°, 100%, 99%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (89, 122, 120°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the web color lawn green, a bright tint of chartreuse.
Pistachio
| Pistachio | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #93C572 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (147, 197, 114) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (96°, 42%, 77%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (74, 58, 115°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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. [5]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Pistachio Green (Color Sample #135).
Yellow-green
| Yellow-Green | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #9ACD32 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (154, 205, 50) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (80°, 76%, 80%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (77, 86, 107°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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
| Apple Green | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #8DB600 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (141, 182, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (74°, 100%, 71%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (69, 81, 104°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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. [6]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Apple Green (Color Sample #115).
Olive
| Olive | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #808000 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (128, 128, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (60°, 100%, 50%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (52, 57, 86°) |
| Source | X11 color names |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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
| Olive Drab | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #6B8E23 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (107, 142, 35) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (80°, 75%, 56%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (55, 60, 107°) |
| Source | X11 color names |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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. [7]
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.[8][9] 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.[10]
Camouflage green
| Camouflage green | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #78866B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (120, 134, 107) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (91°, 20%, 53%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (54, 20, 110°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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.
Chartreuse in human culture
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.
- Chartreuse (web color) (chartreuse green) represents green chartreuse liqueur; Chartreuse (traditional) (chartreuse yellow) represents yellow chartreuse liqueur.[1]
- Since the mid 1960s, water based fluorescent chartreuse (traditional) (chartreuse yellow) colored paint has been available to paint psychedelic black light paintings. (Fluorescent chartreuse yellow is one of the seven major colors used, in addition to fluorescent orange, fluorescent red, fluorescent cerise, fluorescent magenta, fluorescent "blue" (actually azure), and fluorescent green.)
- The Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Westfalia model was well known for mostly being produced in the chartreuse color. The vehicle is referenced in the song "Convoy" (see below).
- It was announced over the radio in the early 1990's as part of a trivia clip that the third color that can be emitted by a red/green bi-color LED is officially known as chartreuse.[citation needed] The third color is now more correctly referred to as amber. This was a mistake most likely due to the fact that the Crayola crayon company incorrectly labeled an amber-like color in 1972 as being chartreuse; this color was in 1990 re-labeled Atomic Tangerine.
- The early green LEDs are now sometimes called chartreuse to distinguish them from more-modern, deeper-green LEDs.[11]
- Chartreuse green is the color of the Autobot medic Ratchet in the live action 2007 Transformers film.[12]
- The 1960 Universal film Chartroose Caboose featured a "bright green" colored train car.[13]
- Since about 1973, a sort of fluorescent chartreuse (traditional) (chartreuse yellow) color has been adopted as the color of fire engines in parts of the United States and elsewhere. The reason behind this is that chartreuse fire engines are more visible on the streets than the traditional red fire engines, especially at night (the reason for this is the Purkinje Effect, i.e., the cones do not function as efficiently in dim light, so red objects appear to be black). In Australia and New Zealand this form of chartreuse yellow is also known as "ACT Yellow" as this is the color of the fire engines in the Australian Capital Territory.
- In "Convoy", a 1975 song by C.W. McCall, "11 long-haired friends of Jesus" were said to have taken part in the eponymous convoy in a "...chartreuse microbus".
- In the song 50/50, on the album "Overnite Sensation" by Frank Zappa: "Well my teeth are all loose/and my breath is chartreuse".
- In Kimya Dawson's song "Wandering Daughter", she says: "Go out for ceruleans, come home with chartreuses/Snip and cut bonsais, and turn them to spruces".
- The song "You Dyed Your Hair Chartreuse," recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five, is directed at a girl who has "spent too much time in that beauty booth" and whose hair has turned chartreuse.
- The Grande Chartreuse is a Catholic monastery in the Chartreuse mountains and the mother house of the Carthusian monks; it is the origin of Chartreuse liqueur, after which both yellow and green chartreuse colors are named.
- The Chartroose Caboose is a restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri that specializes in Philadelphia steak sandwiches. [14]
- Public utility workers in most cities wear clothing colored fluorescent traditional chartreuse (i.e., fluorescent chartreuse yellow) (officially called neon yellow) for safety purposes when working on the street. This color is also worn by bicyclists for safety purposes.
- Fluorescent chartreuse (traditional) (chartreuse yellow) is sometimes used for tennis balls to make them easier to see when playing tennis.
- Chartreuse (traditional) (chartreuse yellow) is one of the official colors of the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.
- In the television show The Angry Beavers, Norbert's girlfriend Treeflower fronts for a band called The Friendly Chartreuse Bubble Gum Machine.
- In an episode of Goof Troop, Pete attempts to use Goofy's cat for his own purposes, and so tells Goofy that the cat is allergic to the paint on his house -- in fact, that the cat is allergic to every color but chartreuse, and "Who wants a chartreuse house?" Goofy immediately begins to paint his house the color.
- Chartreuse (traditional) (sometimes fluorescent) has been used in several cities, including Spokane, Washington, for school zone signs.
- When Bharatpur was a princely state, it was the only political entity ever to have a traditional chartreuse (chartreuse yellow) colored flag. [15]
- The Chartreuse Hall is a hydroponics section in the game No One Lives Forever, in the Low Earth Orbit mission. [16]
References
- ^ a b "Green Chartreuse and Yellow Chartreuse". Chartreuse Liqueurs. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Nine Brain Quirks You Didn't Realize You Had". Lifehack.org. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192
- ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Pistachio Green: Page 61 Plate 19 Color Sample C6
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Apple Green: Page 61 Plate 19 Color Sample J6
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Color Sample of Olive Drab: Page 53 Plate 15 Color Sample J5
- ^ What Does Olive Drab Mean?
- ^ Custom - Federal Standard 595 Fed-Std-595 Color Chart
- ^ Soldier'S Barracks Bag
- ^ "Green LED info wanted -- pure green, not yellow-green". Ask MetaFilter. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "The Making Of The Transformers Movie - Production Design: The Robots, The Vehicles, The Sets". ENI. 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ N.Y. Times Overview of the film Chartroose Caboose:
- ^ Website of restaurant the Chartroose Caboose:
- ^ Baratpur—Indian Princely State—the only political entity ever to have a chartreuse colored flag:
- ^ No One Lives Forever Game Guide