Lime (color)
| Lime | |
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| Hex triplet | #BFFF00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (191, 255, 0) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (25, 0, 100, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (75°, 100%, 100[1]%) |
| Source | Maerz & Paul[2] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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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) [edit]
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.
Variations of lime [edit]
Electric lime [edit]
| Electric Lime | |
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| Hex triplet | #CCFF00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (204, 255, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (72°, 100%, 100%) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color electric lime.
This Crayola color was created in 1991.
This tint of lime is popular in psychedelic art.
French lime [edit]
| Lime (Pourpre.com) | |
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| Hex triplet | #9EFD38 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (158, 253, 56) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (38, 0, 78, 1) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (89°, 78%, 99[4]%) |
| Source | Pourpre.com |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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At right is displayed the color French lime, which is the shade of lime called "lime" in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.
Web color "lime" (X11 Green) [edit]
| Lime (HTML/CSS); Green (X11) | |
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| Hex triplet | #00FF00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 0) |
| Source | HTML/CSS[5] |
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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 [edit]
| Lime Green | |
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| Hex triplet | #32CD32 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (50, 205, 50) |
| Source | X11[5] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color called "lime green".
Lime in human culture [edit]
- The PAIS Alliance, an Ecuadorean democratic socialist political party headed by Rafael Correa, uses a tone of lime green in its party logo, along with a tone of midnight blue.
- In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a lime colored bandana means one is into the fetish of sitophilia.[6]
- The National Rugby League team the Canberra Raiders' main color is lime green.
- Lime Gatorade is a popular sports drink—the color lime is used for its labels and packaging.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #BFFF00 (Lime):". Web.forret.com. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Daily News (London) 14 July 1890. "lime, n2.". Oxford English Dictionary online version. Oxford University Press. September 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-15. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #9EFD38 (French Lime):
- ^ a b "W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords". W3.org. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ Gay City USA Handkerchief Codes:
External links [edit]
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Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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