Lime (color)

"Lime green" redirects here. For the fruit, see Lime (fruit).

Lime
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#C0FF00
sRGBB (r, g, b)(192, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(75°, 100%, 100%)
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 color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is in between the 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]

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 spectral color at approximately 564 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.

Lime as a quaternary color on the RGB color wheel
  yellow
  lime
  chartreuse
  1. ^ a b 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.
  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)