Chartreuse (color)
Chartreuse (UK: /ʃɑːˈtrɜːz/, US: /ʃɑːrˈtruːz/ or /ʃɑːrˈtruːs/;[1] French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁøz]) (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. Similarly chartreuse yellow is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green that was named because of its resemblance to the color of one of the French liqueurs called yellow chartreuse, introduced in 1838.[2]
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[edit] Chartreuse (web color)
| Chartreuse (web color) | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #7FFF00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (127, 255, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (90°, 100%, 100[3]%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the web color chartreuse.
The term chartreuse was first used to refer to "a pale apple-green" in 1884.[4] This 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.[5]
[edit] Chartreuse yellow
| Chartreuse (traditional) | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #DFFF00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (223, 255, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (68°, 100%, 100[6]%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul [7] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The color name chartreuse yellow , also known as chartreuse (traditional) or traditional chartreuse, refers to the much more yellowish tone of chartreuse than the web color "chartreuse" that was generally regarded as "chartreuse" (and still is regarded as such by many) before the X11 color chartreuse (shown above) was formulated in 1987.[citation needed]
The first recorded use of chartreuse (meaning the color that is now called chartreuse yellow) in English was in 1892.[8]
[edit] Variations of chartreuse
[edit] Green-yellow
| Green-Yellow | ||
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| Hex triplet | #ADFF2F | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (173, 255, 47) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (84°, 100%, 67%) |
| Source | X11[9] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color green-yellow, a light tint of chartreuse.
[edit] Lawn green
| Lawn Green | ||
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| Hex triplet | #7CFC00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (124, 252, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (90°, 98%, 48%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color lawn green, a bright tint of chartreuse.
[edit] Pistachio
| Pistachio | ||
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| Hex triplet | #93C572 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (147, 197, 114) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (96°, 42%, 77[10]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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.[11]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Pistachio Green (Color Sample #135).
[edit] Yellow-green
| Yellow-Green | ||
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| Hex triplet | #9ACD32 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (154, 205, 50) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (90°, 60%, 54%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color yellow-green, 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), shown above. Now, the term "yellow-green" is used to refer to this medium desaturated shade of chartreuse.
[edit] Apple green
| Apple Green | ||
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| Hex triplet | #8DB600 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (141, 182, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (74°, 100%, 71[12]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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.[13]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Apple Green (Color Sample #115).
[edit] Olive
| Olive | ||
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| Hex triplet | #808000 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (128, 128, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (60°, 100%, 50[14]%) |
| Source | X11 color names | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Olive is a dark shade of yellow typically seen on green olives. Shades of olive, such as olive drab, are frequently used for camouflage, or by the military in general. The complementary color of olive is light blue.
[edit] Chartreuse in nature
- Yellow-green alga, also called xanthophytes, is a class of algae in the Heterokontophyta division. Most live in freshwater, but some are found in marine and soil habitats. They vary from single-celled flagellates to simple colonial and filamentous forms. Unlike other heterokonts, yellow-green algae's chloroplasts do not contain fucoxanthin, which is why they have a lighter color.
- Lovebirds are colored various bright tones of chartreuse.
[edit] Chartreuse in popular culture
- Chartreuse represents green chartreuse liqueur; Chartreuse yellow represents yellow chartreuse liqueur.[2]
- The early green LEDs are now sometimes called chartreuse to distinguish them from more-modern, deeper-green LEDs.[15]
- Chartreuse green is the color of the Autobot medic Ratchet in the live action 2007 Transformers film.[16]
- The 1960 Universal film Chartroose Caboose featured a "bright green" colored train car.[17]
- Since about 1973, a sort of fluorescent chartreuse yellow 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. Some airport fire vehicles are using this color over traditional red. The use of chartreuse fire engines began in the 1970s, when New York ophthalmologist Stephen Solomon produced research claiming that sparkling bright lime-yellow paint would boost the visibility of emergency vehicles.[18][19]
- When Bharatpur was a princely state, it was the only political entity ever to have a chartreuse yellow colored flag.[20]
- The Chartreuse Hall is a hydroponics section in the game No One Lives Forever, in the Low Earth Orbit mission.[21]
- Jazz/Jump Blues saxophonist, singer, and bandleader Louis Jordan recorded the song "(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse." Composed by J. Leslie McFarland and Billy Moore, the song is about a girl who dyes her hair "chartreuse." Although she thinks that the color is "mighty cute," the speaker suggests that the change of color is a ridiculous act of rebellion.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Chartreuse". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin/Yahoo! Inc. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Chartreuse. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ a b "Green Chartreuse and Yellow Chartreuse". Chartreuse Liqueurs. http://www.chartreuse.fr/pa_green&yellow_uk.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #7FFF00 (Chartreuse (web color))(Chartreuse Green):
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary. Second edition, 1989.
- ^ See the 1930s version of "Chartreuse green" in the index and color samples, a color not as green as the web color chartreuse, but greener than chartreuse yellow--actually it is a representation of the actual color of green chartreuse liqueur. The first recorded use of chartreuse green as a color name in English was in 1926--Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color Page 192; Color sample of Chartreuse Green: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample L2
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #DFFF00 (Chartreuse (traditional))(Chartreuse Yellow):
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called chartreuse in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color chartreuse is displayed on page 45 Plate 11, Color Sample L1.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192
- ^ "W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords". W3.org. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #93C572 (Pistachio)):". Web.forret.com. http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%2393C572. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ 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
- ^ "web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #8DB600 (Apple Green):". Web.forret.com. http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%238DB600. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ 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
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #808000 (Olive):
- ^ "Green LED info wanted -- pure green, not yellow-green". Ask MetaFilter. http://ask.metafilter.com/40095/Green-LED-info-wanted-pure-green-not-yellowgreen. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "The Making Of The Transformers Movie - Production Design: The Robots, The Vehicles, The Sets". ENI. 2007-06-15. http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=11213. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ^ "N.Y. Times Overview of the film Chartroose Caboose:". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/87023/Chartroose-Caboose/overview. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ Rationale behind chartreuse fire engines Los Angeles Times July 7, 1995 by Stephanie Simon:
- ^ You Tube video of chartreuse fire engines in a 4th of July parade:
- ^ "Baratpur—Indian Princely State—the only political entity ever to have a chartreuse colored flag:". Fotw.us. http://www.fotw.us/flags/in-bhara.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "No One Lives Forever Game Guide". Gamespot.com. 1996-08-20. http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/guides/pc/nolf/p6_25.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ Jordan, Louis. "(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse)." By J. Leslie McFarland and Blly Moore. Let the Good Times Roll: The Anthology 1938-1953. Rec. 1950. MCA, 1999.
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