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Shades of chartreuse are listed below. Chartreuse is a color between yellow and green, so named because of its resemblance to the color of the French liqueur green chartreuse.
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.
"Chartreuse Green" is also listed in Plochere Color System (1948).Gladys and Gustav Plochere (Dec 15, 1948) Plochere Color System in Book Form, a Guide to Color and Color Harmony, Los Angeles
In Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names (1976), "Chartreuse Green" is listed under "116. Brilliant Yellow Green".Kenneth Low Kelly, Deane Brewster Judd (1976) Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names, p. 58, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards;
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." The Domestic Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine of Fashion, Literature, and the Domestic Arts (1885) Vol. 23, pp. 162, 237, 368, Blake and Company, New York
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.""New Fashions" (May 1889) The Ladies' Home Journal, Vol. 6, No. 6, p. 14, Philadelphia
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." The Millinery Trade Review (Sep 1889) Vol. 14, No. 9, p. 18
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)."The Identification of Gems" (1898) The Mineral Industry, Vol. 7, p. 283, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York and London
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.""Latest Spring Millinery" (Apr 22, 1905) Dry Goods Reporter Vol. 35, No. 16 p. 33, Chicago
In Pure Products (1910) is written, "The following colors can be bought in powder form ... chartreuse green"."The Coloration of Liqueurs" (1910) Pure Products, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 278, Scientific Station for Pure Products, New York
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." Billboard (Mar 24, 1956) p. 85
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.""Fashion Confusion" (June 20, 1988) New York Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 25
In the book Color Standards and Color Nomenclature (1912), "Chartreuse Yellow" is listed and illustrated.Robert Ridgway (1912) Color Standards and Color Nomenclature, p. 67, Published by the author, Washington D.C.
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" is an official Crayola crayon color which was formulated in 1958.
Green-yellow is near the center of the visible spectrum, and is very eye-catching. For this reason, many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow.
The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890. The Daily News (London) 14 July 1890.
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.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 205; Color Sample of Spring Green: p. 59 Plate 18 Color Sample J7
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.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 189
The first recorded use of "artichoke green" as a color name in English was in 1905.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 189; Color Sample of Artichoke Green: p. 63 Plate 20 Color Sample B2
Spring bud
Spring bud was the color that was traditionally called "spring green" before the web color spring green was formulated in 1987.
Pistachio
Pistachio is a dull yellowish-green color resembling the pistachio nut.
Avocado
Avocado is a dark yellow-green color that is a representation of the color of the outer surface of an avocado. Avocado can be made by mixing equal amounts of yellow and grey paint or unequal amounts of yellow and black paint. Avocado, along with other earthy tones like harvest gold and burnt orange, was a common color for consumer goods like car, shag carpets, and household appliances during the 1970s.
Asparagus
Asparagus is a tone of chartreuse that is named after the asparagus. Crayola created this color in 1993 as one of the 16 to be named in the Name the Color Contest.
Artichoke
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.
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