Lemon (color)

Lemon is a color that resembles the color of the lemon fruit.

The first written use of lemon as a color name in English was in 1598.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Lemon: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample K3

Meaning of lemon
 The color lemon is used in advertising for and packaging of products that are flavored with lemons or lemon flavoring.

Tones of lemon color comparison chart
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceLemon Chiffon#FFFACD25525020554°100%90%(web color)Lemon Meringue#F6EABE24623419047°76%85%(Pantone TPX 12-0711)Laser Lemon#FEFE222542543460°99%56%(Crayola)Lemon#FFF70025447058°100%50%(www.99colors.net) (Maerz & Paul)Lemon Yellow#FFF44F2552447956°100%65%(Crayola)Lemon Peel#FDE9102532331655°98%53%Deep Lemon Yellow #FEE600254230054°100%50%(Amarillo Limon'''(Gallego & Sanz))Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume. 
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|Medium Lemon
| style = "background-color: #f5e25c;"|
|#F5E25C
|245
|226
|92
|53°
|88%
|66%
|(Limon (in-specifico) (Gallego & Sanz))
|-
|Light Bitter Lemon
| style = "background-color: #e8f24e;"|
|#E8F24E
|232
|242
|78
|64°
|86%
|63%
|(Bitter Lemon Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Lemon-Lime
| style = "background-color: #e3ff00;"|
|#E3FF00
|227
|255
|0
|67°
|100%
|50%
|
|-
|Spanish Lemon
| style = "background-color: #e5de43;"|
|#E5DE43
|229
|222
|67
|57°
|76%
|58%
|(Medium Bitter Lemon) (Limon (estandar)'' (Gallego & Sanz))Bitter Lemon#CAE00D2022241366°89%46%(Xona.com color list)Light Citron#D3D86E21121611063°58%64%(Citron Light (Xona.com color list))Citron#9FA91F1581693164°69%39%(Xona.com color list)Lemon Curry#CCA01D2041602945°75%46%(Pantone TPX 15-0751)Deep Lemon#F5C71A2451992647°92%53%(Lemon (Pantone TPX 13-0752))

Related pages
List of colors

References

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