Lemon (color)
shade of yellow named for its resemblance to the fruit
Lemon or lemon-color is a vivid yellow color characteristic of the lemon fruit. Shades of "lemon" may vary significantly from the fruit's actual color, including fluorescent tones and creamy hues reflective of lemon pies and confections.
The first recorded use of lemon as a color name in English dates to 1598. In the academic regalia of the United States, the color denotes library and information science.
Variations of lemon
Lemon Chiffon
Lemon chiffon is the X11 color and web color lemonchiffon. It was formulated in 1987 when it was first introduced as a named color in the X Window System. After the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991, these colors became known as the X11 web colors.
Lemon meringue
Displayed at right is the color lemon meringue.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #12-0711 TPX—Lemon Meringue.
Lemon glacier
Lemon glacier is a fluorescent color, displayed in non-fluorescent form at the right.
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