Lime (color)

{{short description|Shade of yellow-green}} {{redirect|Lime green|the fruit|Lime (fruit)}} {{pp-pc}} {{use American English|date=December 2024}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{infobox color |title=Lime |hex=C0FF00 |image={{photomontage |photo1a= AosaHGkyuai (cropped) 3.jpg |photo1b= The Magdalen Reading - Rogier van der Weyden (cropped)72.jpg |photo1c= |photo2a= 16-09-17-WikiLovesCocktails-Zutaten-Img0144.jpg |photo2b = Brachylophus fasciatus Fidschileguan (cropped).jpg |photo2c= |photo3a=Día de padel (4387262971) (cropped).jpg |photo3b= Münster, Montgolfiade (an den Aaseewiesen) -- 2019 -- 9726.jpg |photo4a= Rowan Atkinson on a Mini at Goodwood Circuit in 2009 (cropped)19.jpg |photo4b= Canberra RAIDERS.jpg | size = 243 | color_border = #AAAAAA | color = #F9F9F9 |caption=(clockwise)Brachaluteres ulvarum, The Magdalen Reading, Brachylophus fasciatus, Hot air balloons at the 49th Montgolfiade in Münster, 2009 Canberra Raiders Team, Rowan Atkinson on a Mini at Goodwood Circuit, Tennis ball, Limes | foot_montage = }} |source= RGB color system |isccname=Vivid yellow green|cmyk=(25, 0, 100, 0)}} '''Lime''' is a color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit lime. It is the color that is in between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.<ref name="mp">Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; The index refers to Plate 20 Color Sample J1 as ''Lime Green''; this color is shown on Plate 20 as being halfway between ''yellow-green'' (the old name for the color that is now called chartreuse green) and ''yellow'' on the color wheel.</ref> Alternate names for this color included '''yellow-green''', '''lemon-lime''', '''lime green''', or '''bitter lime'''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=lime colour|first=Canva|title=Colour Meanings|url=https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/lime-green/|website=Canva}}</ref>

The first recorded use of ''lime green'' as a color name in English was in 1890.<ref>''The Daily News'' (London) 14 July 1890. {{cite web|title=lime, ''n<sup>2</sup>''.|work=Oxford English Dictionary online version|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=September 2011|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/108433?rskey=QODUjt&result=2&isAdvanced=false#eid116686059|access-date=2011-11-15}} {{OEDsub}}</ref><ref name=mp/>

Lime (color hex code #C0FF00) is a pure spectral color at approximately 564 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram. {| align="right" |+ Lime as a quaternary color on the RGB color wheel |- |{{legend|#FFFF00|yellow}} |- |{{legend|#c0ff00|'''lime'''}} |- |{{legend|#80FF00|chartreuse}} |}

==Usage== thumb|A lime yellow Oshkosh P-15 fire truck During the 2000s, lime green was a very popular aesthetic, particularly with products, throughout the entirety of the decade and eventually saw a resurgence during the early 2020s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-09-26 |title=Summer at Blumarine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/style/26iht-rblu.4.7647393.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shipley |first=Amy |date=2000-09-09 |title=Keeping Sharks at Bay |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2000/09/09/keeping-sharks-at-bay/92ad1282-f538-4e72-ad84-a664da141fae/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Copel |first=Lib |date=2000-10-18 |title=It's Not Easy Being Green |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/10/18/its-not-easy-being-green/0dccc7d8-2bbf-4e00-9869-05cc2544aa38/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=sickly green |url=http://b.parsons.edu/~biscj063/parsons/midterm_website/imagenes/lime/index.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=b.parsons.edu}}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=August 2025}} Famous examples include Song Airlines,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-11-12 |title=frontline: the persuaders: shaping a new brand |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/etc/shaping.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112065248/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/etc/shaping.html |archive-date=12 November 2004 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=PBS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-08 |title=A bittersweet story of Song Airlines: low-cost brand of Delta Air Lines |url=https://www.aviationnepal.com/a-bittersweet-story-of-song-airlines-low-cost-brand-of-delta-air-lines/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Aviation Nepal |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McMurtry |first=Ian |date=2015-02-06 |title=TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Song Airlines – AirlineGeeks.com |url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2015/02/05/tbt-throwback-thursday-in-aviation-history-song-airlines/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=AirlineGeeks.com – LIVE. LOVE. AVIATION. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |date=April 16, 2003 |title=Song takes flight while airlines sing the blues |url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/business/2003/04/16/song-takes-flight-while-airlines/51170619007/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Times Herald-Record |language=en-US}}</ref> Crocs shoes,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2005 |title=The colourful clog that is all the rage |url=https://investors.crocs.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2005/The-colourful-clog-that-is-all-the-rage/default.aspx |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=investors.crocs.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2005 |title=Crazy for Crocs: Popular rubber clogs can be seen anywhere |url=https://investors.crocs.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2005/Crazy-for-Crocs-Popular-rubber-clogs-can-be-seen-anywhere/default.aspx |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=investors.crocs.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2005 |title=Have you been bit yet? |url=https://investors.crocs.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2005/Have-you-been-bit-yet/default.aspx |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=investors.crocs.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Seattle Seahawks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Drahold |first=Byron |date=2017-03-17 |title=St. Patrick's Day special: History of the Seahawks green uniforms |url=https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/2017/03/17/st-patricks-day-special-history-of-the-seahawks-green-uniforms/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Seahawks Wire |language=en-US}}</ref>

Some fire engines in the United States are lime yellow rather than red due to safety and ergonomics reasons. A 2009 study by the U.S. Fire Administration concluded that fluorescent colors, including yellow-green and orange, are easiest to spot in daylight.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.apa.org/topics/safety-design/fire-engine-color-safety |title=Why lime-yellow fire trucks are safer than red|publisher=American Psychological Association| date=2014| accessdate =26 July 2021}}</ref>

The National Rugby League team Canberra Raiders uses lime green as one of its main colors, as does the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks, which utilizes a color officially named Action Green, which strongly resembles lime green.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==Variations==

=== Key lime === {{Infobox color|title=Key lime|hex=E8F48C|source=Crayola Key Lime Pearl (Pearl Brites)}} Key lime is a light lime color that is named after a Crayola Pearl Brites crayon. {{Clear}}

===Lemon-lime=== {{infobox color |title=Lemon-lime |hex=E3FF00 |source=Sprite{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} |isccname=Vivid yellow green}} '''Lemon-lime''' is a fluorescent chartreuse color that is named after carbonated soft drinks such as Sprite, 7 Up, and Sierra Mist. The red value to this neon color is almost to yellow. {{Clear}}

===Arctic lime=== {{infobox color |title=Arctic lime |hex=D0FF14 |source=Crayola |isccname=Vivid yellow green}} The color '''Arctic lime''' is close to electric lime, and was named in 2009. This is one of the colors in Crayola's eXtreme colors ultra-bright colored pencils. {{Clear}}

=== Peridot === {{infobox color |title=Peridot |hex=E6E200 |image=Peridot-China.jpg |caption=Peridot gemstones |source=Encycolorpedia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encycolorpedia.com/e6e200|title=Peridot / #e6e200 Hex Color Code|website=encycolorpedia.com}}</ref> |isccname=Vivid greenish yellow}} The color '''peridot''' is a shade of lime with lemon undertones, which represents the color of the peridot gemstone. Peridot is the birthstone for those born in August. {{Clear}}

===Volt=== {{infobox color |title=Volt |hex=CEFF00 |image=Nike Superfly III.jpg |caption=Nike sneakers, mostly colored volt |source=''Complex''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2013/07/10-most-significant-colors-in-sneaker-history/volt|title=The 10 Most Significant Colors in Sneaker History1. Volt|website=Complex|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellow green}} The color '''Volt''' is used by Nike in several of their athletic products, most notably their Air Max 90 Hyperfuse sneakers, which were introduced in 2011. This color is similar to electric lime. {{Clear}}

===Electric lime=== {{infobox color |title=Electric lime |hex=CCFF00 |source=Crayola |isccname=Vivid yellow green}} '''Electric lime''' is a Crayola color created in 1990. This tint of lime is popular in psychedelic art.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} {{Clear}}

===French lime=== {{infobox color |title=French Lime |hex=9EFD38 |source=Pourpre.com<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pourpre.com/fr/dictionnaire/file/lime|title=Couleur vert lime : définition et codes couleur|first=Yan|last=Bilik|website=pourpre.com|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513002615/http://pourpre.com/fr/dictionnaire/file/lime|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pourpre.com/fr/dictionnaire|title=Dictionnaire des noms de couleurs|first=Yan|last=Bilik|website=pourpre.com|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812052037/http://pourpre.com/fr/dictionnaire|url-status=dead}}</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellow green}} The color '''French lime''' is the shade of lime called "lime" in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France. {{Clear}}

===Web color "lime" (X11 Green)=== {{infobox color |title=Lime (HTML/CSS); Green (X11) |hex=00FF00 |source=HTML/CSS<ref name=W3CCM>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4 |title=W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords |work=W3.org |access-date=2010-06-08}}</ref> |isccname=Vivid yellowish green}} The web color named "lime", in the CSS color scheme maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has the identical normalized color coordinates as the color green, as found in X11 color names formulized over 1985–1989. The web color lime / X11 color green match the green primary color of the RGB color model.

The W3C web color named green is darker than the color named green in X11, using the HTML color code #008000 as compared to the color code #00FF00 in X11. This lime versus green issue is one of the very few clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme.

===Lime green=== {{infobox color |title=Lime green |hex=32CD32 |source=X11<ref name=W3CCM /> |isccname=Vivid yellowish green}} '''Lime green''' is a vivid yellowish green web color. {{Clear}}

===Bright lime=== {{infobox color |title=Bright lime |hex=72FE00 |source=color-name.com<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.color-name.com/bright-lime.color|title=Bright Lime color hex code is #72FE00|website=www.color-name.com}}</ref> |isccname=}} '''Bright lime''' is a luminous vivid chartreuse green web color. {{Clear}}

==See also== * Lists of colors

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== {{Wiktionary|Lime}} * [http://dowhatnow.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/19/front_cover_with_shrimp_board.jpg Lime colored limeade drinks from the cover of a 1975 cookbook]

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