Shades of chartreuse

Chartreuse (web color)
Green Chartreuse liqueur
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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Chartreuse green 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.[1]

The term chartreuse is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as: "A shade of color; a pale apple-green". The dictionary gives a quotation in the British publication Western Daily Press (26 Dec. 1884) Vol. 7 No. 5 as being the earliest occurrence found in print of the term 'chartreuse' used as the name of a color. However the source does not define or describe the color referred to.[2]

"Chartreuse Green" is also listed in Plochere Color System (1948).[3]

In Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names (1976), "Chartreuse Green" is listed under "116. Brilliant Yellow Green".[4]

In The Domestic Monthly (1885) is written, "The delicate, pale green, with a yellow tinge, entitled 'Chartreuse,' is a rival to the renewed apple green," and, "The new shade of Chartreuse green, from light to dark, is lovely in the large feather fans. ... Some of the corded silks have fancy stripes in a combination of colors such as ... mousse and Chartreuse, which is the stylish yellow green."[5]

In The Ladies' Home Journal of May 1889, is written, "Chantilly cloaks come shaped like the old-fashioned rotonde, with collar of narrow lace, and are worn over a lining of chartreuse green or jonquil yellow."[6]

In The Millinery Trade Review (1889) is written, "From Madame Catlin of Paris, a hat of velvet in moss-green of medium tone, or of strong Chartreuse-green."[7]

In The Mineral Industry (1898) is written, "The characteristic twin colors of a few doubly refractive gems will prove of interest ... tourmaline green (chartreuse green and bluish green).[8]

In Dry Goods Reporter (1905), it is noted under "Choosing an Easter Hat" — "Chartreuse greens are among the colors hardest of all to combine artistically, and yet with the new popular bluet are charming."[9]

In Pure Products (1910) is written, "The following colors can be bought in powder form ... chartreuse green".[10]

In a 1956 edition of Billboard, a jukebox is advertised as being available in "Delft blue, cherry red, embered charcoal, chartreuse green, bright sand, canary yellow, atoll coral and night-sky black."[11]

In 1988, Margaret Walch, director of the Color Association of the United States is reported to have said, "The hottest color out there now is an ugly chartreuse green.... It suggests what we don't have: nature, youth, energy, growth."[12]

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	Maerz and Paul[13]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A bottle of chartreuse liqueur

The first recorded use of chartreuse for the color that is now called chartreuse yellow in American English was in 1892.[14]

In the book Color Standards and Color Nomenclature (1912), "Chartreuse Yellow" is listed and illustrated.[15]

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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

  Yellow-green is 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). Now, the term "yellow-green" is used to refer to this medium desaturated shade of chartreuse.

Green-yellow
A Crayola green-yellow crayon
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[16]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Green-yellow is a mixture of the colors green and yellow. It is a web color. It is a light tint of chartreuse.

"Green-yellow" is an official Crayola crayon color which was formulated in 1958.

Green-yellow is near the center of the light spectrum visible to the human eye, and is very eye-catching. For this reason, many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow.

Lime
Limes
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#BFFF00
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(191, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(75°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(93, 111, 107°)
Source	Maerz & Paul[17]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

  Lime is a color that is sometimes referred to as a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. However, in its original form, it referred to the color of the samara fruits of the lime or linden tree (species in the genus Tilia).   The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890.[18][14]  

Spring bud
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A7FC00
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(167, 252, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(80°, 100%, 99%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(91, 114, 112°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[19]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Spring bud was the color that was traditionally called "spring green" before the web color spring green was formulated in 1987.

The first recorded use of spring green as a color name in English (meaning the color that is now called spring bud) was in 1766.[20]

Pistachio
Ripening pistachio culinary nuts
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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pistachio is a dull yellowish-green color resembling the pistachio nut.

Avocado
An avocado
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#568203
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(86, 130, 3)
HSV (h, s, v)	(81°, 98%, 51%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(49, 61, 111°)
Source	Pourpre.com
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Avocado is a dark yellow-green color that is a representation of the color of the outer surface of an avocado.[21] Avocado, along with other earthy tones like harvest gold and burnt orange, was a common color for consumer goods like automobiles, shag carpets, and household appliances during the 1970s.[21]

Asparagus
Bundled stalks of asparagus
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#87A96B
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(135, 169, 107)
HSV (h, s, v)	(93°, 37%, 66%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(65, 44, 113°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Asparagus is a tone of chartreuse that is named after the vegetable. Crayola created this color in 1993 as one of the 16 to be named in the Name the Color Contest.

It is also the color of a wild asparagus plant blowing in the wind of the 1949 classic film Sands of Iwo Jima.

Another name for this color is asparagus green. The first recorded use of "asparagus green" as a color name in English was in 1805.[22]

Artichoke
An artichoke
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#8F9779
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(143, 151, 121)
HSV (h, s, v)	(76°, 20%, 59%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(61, 22, 98°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[23][24]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Artichoke is a color that is a representation of the color of a raw fresh uncooked artichoke. Another name for this color is artichoke chartreuse or artichoke green.

The first recorded use of "artichoke green" as a color name in English was in 1905.[24]