Chartreuse is a color that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse. [1] Leafy green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... Bottle of Green Chartreuse Chartreuse is a French liqueur composed of distilled wine alcohol flavored with 130 herbal extracts. ...

The web color chartreuse is the color precisely halfway between green and yellow, so it is 50% green and 50% yellow. Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ... Leafy green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... A yellow Tulip. ...

A Crayola crayon named Chartreuse was created in 1972, but it was the incorrect color, a red-orange shade. It was renamed Atomic Tangerine in 1990. Crayola logo 2002-present Crayola past logo, 1997-2002 Crayola is a brand of crayons and other writing and drawing utensils, such as markers, chalk, and colored pencils manufactured by Binney & Smith, Inc. ...

The complementary (opposite) color of chartreuse is violet. Chartreuse is the most visible color to the human eye.^[1] Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ...

Chartreuse

Chartreuse
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#7FFF00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(127, 255, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(90°, 100%, 100%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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The term chartreuse was first used to refer to this color (the color halfway between green and yellow) in the mid-1990s. Before that, this color was called yellow-green. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

The first recorded use of chartreuse as a color name in English (in the original sense of chartreuse, meaning the color that is now called chartreuse yellow) was in 1892.^[2]
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Chartreuse yellow (#DFFF00) Chartreuse yellow is the color that was traditionally known simply as chartreuse before the web color chartreuse (named after green Chartreuse liqueur) was invented in the 1990s. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Chartreuse versus chartreuse yellow

Before the web color chartreuse was invented in the 1990s, the color name chartreuse always referred to a much more yellowish green color that is today called chartreuse yellow to distinguish it from the color displayed in this article. Chartreuse yellow (#DFFF00) Chartreuse yellow is the color that was traditionally known simply as chartreuse before the web color chartreuse (named after green Chartreuse liqueur) was invented in the 1990s. ...

Since many people (especially those in the baby boom generation and older, but also some younger people not involved with computers) still think of the term chartreuse as referring to what is nowadays called chartreuse yellow, it may be necessary to carefully distinguish between the two colors by referring to the color described in this article as chartreuse green when speaking to or writing for certain audiences (especially those not involved in web site design or the computer industry) to avoid any confusion. A baby boomer is someone who was born during the period of increased birth rates when economic prosperity arose in many countries following World War II. In the United States, the term is iconic and more properly capitalized as Baby Boomers and commonly applied to people with birth years from... The NASA Columbia Supercomputer. ... Web design is the designing and graphical presentation of content shown on the Internet in the form of Web sites and other Web applications using many different forms of media. ... Computer industry is a collective term used to describe the whole range of businesses involved in developing computer software, designing computer hardware, the manufacture of computer components and the provision of information technology services. ...

Chartreuse in human culture

Advertising Advertising is paid, one-way communication through a medium in which the sponsor is identified and the message is controlled. ...

• Chartreuse may be used in advertising for greengrocers or farmers markets.

Alcoholic beverages A greengrocer in central Milan with a sign in Milanese, the local dialect, claiming to be the oldest greengrocer of Milan (lortolán püŝee vêcc de Milan) A greengrocer is a retail trader in fruit and vegetables; that is, in green groceries. ... A farmers market near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

• Chartreuse represents green chartreuse liqueur. [2]
• Silver Patron tequila, made from blue agave, comes in chartreuse colored packages.

Bottled water Bottle of Green Chartreuse Chartreuse is a French liqueur composed of distilled wine alcohol flavored with 130 herbal extracts. ... Various brands of tequila Tequila is a spirit made primarily in the area surrounding Tequila, a town in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, 65 km northwest of Guadalajara and in the highlands of Jalisco, 65 km east of Guadalajara. ... Binomial name Agave tequilana A. Weber Ref: ??? The tequila agave Agave Tequilana Weber Azul, often called blue agave, is an agave, a principal economic product of Jalisco state in Mexico due to its role as the base ingredient of tequila, a popular alcoholic drink. ... A 1. ...

• Alhambra water (a brand delivered mainly in Northern California since 1902) and the other brands of bottled water delivered by the Sparkletts Water Company are delivered in chartreuse colored trucks. [3]

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• The Chartreuse Mountains are located north of Grenoble, France.

Literature DEM of the Chartreuse massif The Chartreuse Mountains (Massif de la Chartreuse) is a mountain range in eastern France, stretching to the north from the city of Grenoble to the Lac du Bourget. ... Grenoble (Arpitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac joins the Isère River. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ...

• La Chartreuse de Parme (English: The Charterhouse of Parma) is a famous novel by 19th century French writer Stendhal.
• The Girl from the Chartreuse is a book by Pierre Péju and also the title of the adapted film by Jean-Pierre Denis.

Packaging The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is one of Stendhals two acknowledged masterpieces (and only complete novels) along with The Red and the Black. ... Stendhal. ... The Girl from the Chartreuse is a French novel written by Pierre Péju and released for the first time in France in 2002. ... Packaging is the enclosing of a physical object, typically a product that will be offered for sale. ...

• Chartreuse is often used on the plastic bags that hold pre-packaged mixed salad greens in supermarkets.

Politics Exterior of a typical British supermarket (a Tesco Extra) Exterior of typical North American supermarket (a Safeway) This Flagship Randalls store in Houston, Texas is an example of an upscale supermarket. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ...

• Chartreuse (as well as green) may be used to represent the Green movement.

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• The Grande Chartreuse is a Catholic monastery in the Chartreuse mountains. The mother house of the Carthusian monks, the Grand Chartreuse is also the origin of Chartreuse liqueur after which both yellow and green chartreuse colors are named.

Television Grande Chartreuse Grande Chartreuse is placed in a remote mountain valley. ... Monastery of St. ... Coat of arms of the Carthusian order Monasterio de la Cartuja, a former Carthusian monastery in Seville The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... For the color chartreuse, see chartreuse (color). ...

• Favourite Color of That's So Raven character Chelsea Daniels.
• In the television show, The Angry Beavers, Norbert's girlfriend Treeflower fronts for a band called The Friendly Chartreuse Bubble Gum Machine.
• In an episode of Goof Troop, Pete attempts to use Goofy's cat for his own purposes, and so tells Goofy that the cat is allergic to the paint on his house, in fact, he's allergic to every color but chartreuse, and "who wants a chartreuse house?" Goofy immediately begins to paint his house the color.

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References

1. ^ Nine Brain Quirks You Didn't Realize You Had. Lifehack.org. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Chartreuse Yellow
• Harlequin
• Lime
• List of colors