Harlequin (color)

Harlequin is the name of the color that is halfway between green and chartreuse green on the Colour wheel. On color plate 17 in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Colour, the color harlequin is shown as being on the colour wheel precisely halfway between green and yellow-green (the color which was formerly called yellow-green is now called chartreuse green).  Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Colour Sample of Harlequin: Page 57 Plate 17 Colour Sample K11--Harlequin (The colours on the right and bottom of the charts displaying the most saturated colours, of which Plate 17 is one, represent the colours of the Colour wheel.)

The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample: Page 57 Plate 17 Color Sample K11--Harlequin 

Meaning of harlequin
 In medieval times, jesters often wore a harlequin colored costume (the word harlequin is sometimes used as a synonym for jester). Therefore, the color harlequin represents humor.

Tones of harlequin color comparison chart
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumLight Harlequin #9FFF7F159255127105°100%75%Brilliant Harlequin #7FFF5512725585105°100%67%Bright Green (Green Hulk Buster) #66FF001022550096°100%50%Harlequin #3FFF00632550105°100%50%Pastel Green #77DD77119221119120°60%67%Malachite #0BDA511121881120°60%67%Rich Harlequin #3AE500582290105°100%45%Lime Green (web color) #32CD325020550120°61%50%Deep Harlequin #33CC00512040105°100%40%Dark Pastel Green #03C03C319260138°97%38%Apple Green #4CBB177618723101°78%41%Usumbara Chameleon Harlequin #50B708801838095°92%37%Islamic Green #00990001530120°100%30%India Green #138808191368115°89%28%Medium Harlequin #44944A6814874125°37%42%Forest Green (web color) #228B223413934120°61%34%Napier (Original British Racing Green) #3B7E00591260092°100%25%Sap Green #507D2A8012542093°50%33%Fern Green #4F79427912166106°29%37%

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List of colors

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