Lime (color)

Lime is a yellowish green color. It is the color that is halfway between the color chartreuse green and yellow on the color wheel.^[1] The color lime is named after the fruit also known as lime.

The official web color named lime actually corresponds to pure green on an RGB display. Lime green is the color of the outer skin of a lime. Lime pulp is the color of the inside of a lime and of limeade, a fruit drink that is made from limes.^[2]

The first recorded use of lime as a color name in English was in 1905.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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.
2. ↑ Lime colored limeade drinks from the cover of a 1975 cookbook: