Lime is a combination of the colors yellow and green, so named because it is the color of limes. It is sometimes called Yellow-green. It is very similar to the color chartreuse, but is tinted yellow more than chartreuse. Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ... The RGB color model utilizes the additive model in which red, green and blue light are combined in various ways to create other colors. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Green is any of a number of similar colors. ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) CMYK (sometimes YMCK or CYM) is a subtractive color model used in color printing. ... Cyan is a pure spectral color, but the same hue can also be generated by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light. ... Magenta is a color that is not a spectral color: that is to say, the hue cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength. ... Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ... The HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) model, also called HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness), defines a color space in terms of three constituent components: HSV color space as a color wheel Hue, the color type (such as red, blue, or yellow): Ranges from 0-360 (but normalized to 0-100% in some... e gradation of color; for the city in Vietnam, see Huế. A hue refers to the gradation of color within the optical spectrum, or visible spectrum, of light. ... Scale of saturation (0% at bottom). ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ... Green is any of a number of similar colors. ... Lime is actually an ambiguous term in the context of fruit, referring to a number of different citruses with typically round, green to yellow fruits, 3-6 cm in diameter, generally containing sour pulp, and frequently associated with the lemon. ... The color chartreuse is a shade of green with a slight yellow tint. ...

Web color

The web color named lime actually corresponds to pure green on an RGB display: it has a different HTML color code (#00FF00). A sample can be seen to the right. Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ... The RGB color model utilizes the additive model in which red, green, and blue light are combined in various ways to create other colors. ... A piece of HTML code with syntax highlighting In computing, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language designed for the creation of web pages with hypertext and other information to be displayed in a web browser. ...

Usage

• Since around 1973, lime green (which in this case is closer to yellow than green) has been adopted as the colour of fire engines in parts of the United States and elsewhere. The reason behind this is that lime green fire engines are more visible on the streets than the traditional red trucks, especially at night. In Australia and New Zealand this form of lime green is also known as "ACT Yellow" as this is the colour of the fire engines in the Australian Capital Territory.

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See also

• List of colors

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