Lime (color)
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| Hex triplet | #BFFF00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (191, 255, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (75°, 100%, 100[1]%) |
| Source | Maerz & Paul [2] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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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[edit] Lime (traditional lime green)
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.
[edit] Variations of lime
[edit] Electric lime
| Electric Lime | ||
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| Hex triplet | #CCFF00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (204, 255, 0) |
| Source | Crayola | |
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At right is displayed the color electric lime.
This Crayola color was created in 1990.
This tint of lime is popular in psychedelic art.
[edit] French lime
| Lime (Pourpre.com) | ||
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| Hex triplet | #9EFD38 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (158, 253, 56) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (89°, 78%, 99[4]%) |
| Source | Pourpre.com | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color French lime, which is the tone of lime called lime in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France. This is a color from the pourpre.com color list.
[edit] Web color "lime" (X11 Green)
| Lime (HTML/CSS); Green (X11) | ||
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| Hex triplet | #00FF00 | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 0) |
| Source | HTML/CSS[5] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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.
[edit] Web color lime green
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| Hex triplet | #32CD32 | |
| RGBB | (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.
[edit] Lime in human culture
- Lime Jell-O is the official state food of Utah[6] and Utah is a state in the "Jell-O Belt", a term synonymous with the Mormon Corridor.
- Limey is a national epithet for the English coming from the historical British naval practice of supplying its sailors with lime juice to prevent scurvy.
- Lime is the name of a 1980s dance music group.
- In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a lime colored bandana means one is into the fetish of sitophilia. [7]
- 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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #BFFF00 (Lime):". Web.forret.com. http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%23BFFF00. 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. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/108433?rskey=QODUjt&result=2&isAdvanced=false#eid116686059. 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. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ Kay, Katty (2001-02-06). "Utah loves Jell-O - official". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1156021.stm. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ Gay City USA Handkerchief Codes:
[edit] External links
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Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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| Navajo white | Olive | Papaya whip | Saffron | School bus yellow | Selective yellow | Stil de grain yellow | Sunglow | Vanilla | Yellow |
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