chartreuse
Vivid yellow-green
Chartreuse is a yellow-green color, somewhere between lime and olive on the spectrum.
The name comes from a French liqueur of that distinctive hue: The bridesmaids wore chartreuse dresses.
The color sits at an odd intersection—vivid yet slightly sickly, attention-grabbing yet rarely flattering.
As an adjective: chartreuse walls, a chartreuse sports car. (Capitalized Chartreuse is the liqueur.)
yellow-green
Hue mixing sunshine and leaves
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- neonInert illuminating element
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
bright · electric · vivid · striking · bold · eye-catching · pistachio · pear · luminous · glowing
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