Lime (color)

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Lime
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(93, 111, 106°)
SourceRGB color system
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Lime is a

web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.[1] Alternate names for this color included yellow-green, lemon-lime, lime green, or bitter lime.[2]

Lime as a quaternary color on the RGB color wheel
  yellow
  lime
  chartreuse

Lime (traditional lime green)

The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890.[3][1]

Lime (color hex code #C0FF00) is a pure

CIE chromaticity diagram
.

Variations

Key lime

Key lime
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h
)		(93, 68, 92°)
SourceCrayola Key Lime Pearl (Pearl Brites)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Key lime is a light lime color that is named after a Crayola Pearl Brites crayon.

Lemon-lime

Lemon-lime
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(95, 107, 96°)
SourceSprite[citation needed]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lemon-lime is a

Sprite, 7 Up, and Sierra Mist
.

The red value to this neon color is almost to yellow.

Arctic lime

Arctic lime
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(94, 108, 102°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color Arctic lime is close to electric lime, and was named in 2009. This is one of the colors in Crayola's eXtreme colors ultra-bright colored pencils.

Peridot

Peridot
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(88, 96, 84°)
SourceEncycolorpedia[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color peridot is a shade of lime with lemon undertones, which represents the color of the peridot gemstone. Peridot is the birthstone for those born in August.

Volt

Volt
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(94, 109, 102°)
SourceComplex[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color Volt is used by Nike in several of their athletic products, most notably their Air Max 90 Hyperfuse sneakers, which were introduced in 2011. This color is similar to electric lime.

Electric lime

Electric lime
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(94, 110, 103°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Electric lime is a Crayola color created in 1990. This

tint of lime is popular in psychedelic art
.

French lime

French Lime
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(91, 111, 115°)
SourcePourpre.com[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color French lime 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)

Lime (HTML/CSS); Green (X11)
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(88, 136, 128°)
SourceHTML/CSS[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The

web color named "lime", in the CSS color scheme maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has the identical normalized color coordinates as the color green, as found in X11 color names formulized over 1985–1989. The web color lime / X11 color green match the green primary color of the RGB color model
.

The W3C web color named green is darker than the color named green in X11, using the HTML color code #008000 as compared to the color code #00FF00 in X11. This lime versus green issue is one of the very few clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme.

Lime green

Lime green
 
X11[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lime green is a vivid yellowish green web color.

Bright lime

Bright lime
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(89, 125, 121°)
Source[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Bright lime is a luminous vivid chartreuse green web color.

Usage

A lime yellow Oshkosh P-15 fire truck


During the 2000s, lime green was a very popular aesthetic, particularly with products, throughout the entirety of the decade and eventually saw a resurgence during the early 2020s.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Famous examples include Song Airlines,[16][17][18][19] Crocs shoes,[20][21][22] and the Seattle Seahawks.[23]

Some

U.S. Fire Administration concluded that fluorescent colors, including yellow-green and orange, are easiest to spot in daylight.[24]

In the

sitophilia, otherwise known as food fetishism.[25][26]

The National Rugby League team Canberra Raiders uses lime green as one of its main colours, as does the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks, which utilizes a color officially named Action Green, which strongly resembles lime green.

See also

  • List of colors

References

  1. ^
    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.
  2. ^ lime colour, Canva. "Colour Meanings". Canva.
  3. ^ The Daily News (London) 14 July 1890. "lime, n2". Oxford English Dictionary online version. Oxford University Press. September 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011. (subscription or participating institution membership required)
  4. ^ "Peridot / #e6e200 Hex Color Code". encycolorpedia.com.
  5. Complex
    . Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. ^ Bilik, Yan. "Dictionnaire des noms de couleurs". pourpre.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ^
    W3.org
    . Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  8. ^ LaPlaca, Anna (10 September 2022). "The 2000s Fashion Trends Everyone Will Wear This Year". Who What Wear. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ McNulty, Madison (20 August 2018). "Lime Green Crocs And 14 Other Early 2000s Fashion Trends That Need To Comeback ASAP". The Odyssey Online. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  10. ^ "The Worst Design Trends From The 2000s". Lonny. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  11. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  12. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  13. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  14. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  15. ^ "Like It or Not, Gaudy Y2K Style Is Roaring Back". Vogue. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  16. ^ "frontline: the persuaders: shaping a new brand | PBS". PBS. 12 November 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  17. ^ "A bittersweet story of Song Airlines: low-cost brand of Delta Air Lines". Aviation Nepal. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  18. ^ McMurtry, Ian (6 February 2015). "TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Song Airlines – AirlineGeeks.com". AirlineGeeks.com – LIVE. LOVE. AVIATION. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  19. ^ Staff Writer (16 April 2003). "Song takes flight while airlines sing the blues". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  20. ^ "The colourful clog that is all the rage". investors.crocs.com. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Crazy for Crocs: Popular rubber clogs can be seen anywhere". investors.crocs.com. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  22. ^ "Have you been bit yet?". investors.crocs.com. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  23. ^ Drahold, Byron (17 March 2017). "St. Patrick's Day special: History of the Seahawks green uniforms". Seahawks Wire. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  24. ^ "Why lime-yellow fire trucks are safer than red". American Psychological Association. 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Gay Hanky Code, Bandanna Code Meanings". Gay City USA. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  26. ISBN 9780814760659. Retrieved 19 November 2017 – via Google Books
    .

External links

Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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