Chartreuse (color)

Chartreuse green is the colour halfway between yellow and green on the RGB and RYB color wheel, with the hex code of #80FF00.

Chartreuse green (the web color known as chartreuse since the X11 colors were created in 1987 and then renamed the X11 web colors in 1991) is a web color that was named because it looked like the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, made since 1764. Before 1987, this color was called yellow-green, but that name is now used for the web color "yellow-green", a medium dark shade of chartreuse green shown in the color chart below. 

The color chartreuse yellow (the traditional color originally called chartreuse since 1892) is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green that was named because it looked similar to the yellow color of a French liqueur called yellow chartreuse, introduced in 1838.  The color chartreuse yellow is shown on the color chart below. Chartreuse yellow is the color halfway between lime and yellow on the RGB color wheel. 

Meaning of chartreuse green

 Chartreuse green is the color of most salad greens and therefore it is associated with good health and a healthy diet. It is associated with nature and the country and  with healing.

Tones of chartreuse green color comparison chart
 Nyanza (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #E9FFD8) (RGB: 233, 255, 219) Light Mindaro (Pale Chartreuse Green) (Mindaro Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #F3FDC6) (RGB: 243, 253, 198) Australian Mint (Resene color list) (Hex: #EFF7AA) (RGB: 239, 247, 170) Light Starship (Starship Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #F7FA97) (RGB: 247, 250, 151) Key Lime (Crayola Key Lime Pearl (Pearl Brites)) (Hex: #E8F48C) (RGB: 232, 244, 140) Mindaro (Light Chartreuse Green) (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #E3F988) (RGB: 227, 249, 136) Pale Spring Bud (Crayola "Spring Green") (Hex: #ECEBBD) (RGB: 236, 235, 189) Pale Green-Yellow (Crayola Green-Yellow) (Hex: #F1E788) (RGB: 242, 231, 136) Light Las Palmas (Las Palmas Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #E6F554) (RGB: 230, 245, 84) Light Bitter Lemon (Bitter Lemon Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #E8F24E) (RGB: 232, 242, 78) Starship (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #ECF245) (RGB: 236, 242, 69) Chartreuse Yellow (traditional Chartreuse (Fluorescent Chartreuse)) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #DFFF00) (RGB: 223, 255, 0) Fluorescent Chartreuse (Fluorescent Yellow (Crayola Twistable colored pencils) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0) Fluorescent Lime (Hex: #C7FF00) (RGB: 199, 255, 0) French Chartreuse (Chartreuse Green (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #C2F732) (RGB: 194, 247, 50) Pear (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #D1E231) (RGB: 209, 226, 49) Bitter Lemon (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #CAE00D) (RGB: 202, 224, 13) Light La Rioja (La Rioja Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #DDE454) (RGB: 221, 228, 84) Light Bahia (Bahia Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #D6E94B) (RGB: 214, 233, 75) Light Citrus (Citrus Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #D4E646) (RGB: 212, 230, 70) Light Citron (Citron Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #D3D86E) (RGB: 211, 216, 110) Medium Spring Bud (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #C9DC89) (RGB: 202, 220, 137) Lime Pulp (Hex: #D1E189) (RGB: 200, 225, 137) Go Bunny Go (Colour [sic] Lovers 2011 Color of the Year) (Hex: #C2E20D) (RGB: 194, 226, 13) Las Palmas (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #C6E610) (RGB: 193, 230, 16) Volt (Nike) (Hex: #CEFF00) (RGB: 206, 255, 0) Electric Lime (Crayola) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0) Lime (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #BFFF00) (RGB: 191, 255, 0) Green-Yellow (web color) (Hex: #ADFF2F) (RGB: 173, 255, 47) Spring Bud (Spring Green (traditional)) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #A7FC00) (RGB: 167, 252, 0) French Lime (Lime (Pourpre.com) (Hex: #9EFD38) (RGB: 158, 253, 56) Lawn Green (web color) (Hex: #7CFC00) (RGB: 124, 252, 0) Chartreuse Green (web color Chartreuse) (Matcha) (Hex: #7FFF00) (RGB: 127, 255, 0) Bright Green (Environmentalist Green) (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #66FF00) (RGB: 102, 255, 0) Harlequin (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #3FFF00) (RGB: 63, 255, 0) Light Lime Green (Lime Green Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #85EA85) (RGB: 133, 234, 133) Inchworm (Crayola) (Hex: #B2EC5D) (RGB: 178, 236, 53)Light Lima (Lima Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #BBE261) (RGB: 187, 226, 97) Light Limerick (Limerick Light (Xona.com color list))  (Hex: #D2E543) (RGB: 210, 229, 67) June Bud (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #BDDA57) (RGB: 189, 218, 87) Badass (Hex: #BADA55) (RGB: 186, 218, 85) Brilliant Yellow Green (Liquitex Basic Colors #140)  (Hex: #BDD741) (RGB: 189, 215, 65) Yaffle Green (British Standards BS 5-062) (Hex: #CECF72) (RGB: 206, 207, 114) Green Chartreuse Liqueur (Chartreuse (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #BFBF6C) (RGB: 191, 191, 108) La Rioja (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #B3C110) (RGB: 179, 193, 16) Medium Chartreuse (Pantone TPX 14-0445 "Bright Chartreuse") (Hex: #B0BC4A) (RGB: 176, 188, 74) Medium Winter Pear (Winter Pear (Pantone TPX 15-0523)) (Hex: #B0B583) (RGB: 176, 181, 131) Olivine (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #9AB973) (RGB: 154, 185, 115) Pistachio (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #93C572) (RGB: 147, 197, 146) Sheen Green (Crayola Metallic FX) (Hex: #8FD400) (RGB: 143, 212, 0) Go Go Go (Resene color list) (Hex: #98DF62) (RGB: 152, 223, 98) Yellow-green (web color)  (Yellowgreen) (Hex: #9ACD32) (RGB: 154, 205, 50) Android Green (Google) (Hex: #A4C639) (RGB: 164, 198, 57) Bahia (Xona.com color list)(Hex: #A5CB0C) (RGB: 165, 203, 12) Citrus (Xona.com color list)  (Hex: #A1C50A) (RGB: 161, 197, 10) Limerick (Xona.com color list)  (Hex: #9DC209) (RGB: 157, 194, 9) Apple Green (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #8DB600) (RGB: 141, 182, 0) Dizzy Lizzy (Resene color list) (Hex: #80CA2B) (RGB: 128, 202, 43) Lima (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #76BD17) (RGB: 118, 189, 23) Olive Drab (web color) (Dark Chartreuse Green) (Dark Matcha) (Hex: #6BBE23) (RGB: 107, 142, 35) Lime Green (web color) (Hex: #32CD32) (RGB: 50, 205, 50) Deep Yellow-Green (Yellow-Green (Crayola colored pencils)) (Hex: #57D200) (RGB: 87, 210, 0) Usumbara Chameleon Harlequin (Hex: #50B708) (RGB: 80, 183, 8) Groovy (Resene color list} (Hex: #5CA345) (RGB: 92, 163, 69) Medium Harlequin (ISCC-NBS Harlequin) (Hex: #44944A) (RGB: 68, 148, 74) May Green (RAL 6017) (Hex: #4C9141) (RGB: 76, 145, 65) Camouflage Green (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #78866B) (RGB: 120, 134, 107) Winter Pear (Plochere) (Hex: #8A9A5B) (RGB: 138, 154, 191) Citron (Xona.com color list)  (Hex: #A1C50A) (RGB: 158, 169, 31) Olive (web color)  (Hex: #808000) (RGB: 128, 128, 0) Avocado (Pourpre.com) (Hex: #568203) (RGB: 86, 130, 3) Dark Olive Green (web color) (Hex: #556B2F) (RGB: 85, 107, 47) Black Olive (Olive RAL 6015) (Hex: #3B3C36) (RGB: 59, 60, 54) Kombu Green (Pantone TPX 19-0417) (Hex: #354230) (RGB: 53, 66, 48)

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