Lime (color)
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Lime (#BFFF00)
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| Hex triplet | #BFFF00 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (191, 255, 0) |
| Source | Maerz & Paul [1] | |
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Lime , also traditionally known as lime green, is a color three-fourths 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.[1]
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[edit] Lime (traditional lime green)
At right above is displayed the traditional color lime green. This color is usually called simply lime (since this was the color normally regarded as lime long before web colors were invented)[citation needed] in order to distinguish it from the web color lime (X11 Green) and web color lime green, shown below.
The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1905.[1]
[edit] Web color "lime" (X11 Green)
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| Hex triplet | #00FF00 | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 0) |
| Source | HTML/CSS[2] | |
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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.
[edit] Web color lime green
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| Hex triplet | #32CD32 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (50, 205, 50) |
| Source | X11[2] | |
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Displayed at right is the web color called lime green.
[edit] 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] Tones of lime color comparison chart
- Electric Lime (Crayola) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0)
- Lime (Hex: #BFFF00) (RGB: 191, 255, 0)
- Green (web color "Lime") (Hex: #00FF00) (RGB: 0, 255, 0)
- Lime Green (web color) (Hex: #32CD32) (RGB: 50, 205, 50)
[edit] Lime in culture
- Lime Jell-O is the official state food of Utah[3] and Utah is a state in the "Jell-O Belt", a term synonymous with the Mormon Corridor.
- Chrysler Corporation automobiles were available painted a bright yellow-green called "Sublime" on Dodges and "Limelight" on Plymouths in the early 1970s[1], [2]; there were additional lime-related color names on Chrysler-built cars of the era such as "Lime poly", a metallic yellow-green. Jeeps were available in the mid-2000s painted "Electric Lime", a bright metallic centric green [3].
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- Lime is approximately the most visible color on the spectrum because it corresponds to a wavelength near the peak of the photopic luminosity function.
- Limey, 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 popular 1980s dance music group.
- National Rugby League team, the Canberra Raiders' main color is lime green
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
| Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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