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{{color swatch|#3FFF00|Harlequin (<tt>#3FFF00</tt>)|right}} |
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'''Harlequin''' is the color that is halfway between the ] ] and the color ] on the ]. It is a color that is 75% green and 25% ]. |
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==Harlequin== |
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At right is displayed the color '''harlequin'''. |
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In color plate 57 in the ] book ''A Dictionary of Color'' (see reference below), the color ''harlequin'' is shown as being on the ] precisely halfway between ''green'' and ''yellow-green'' (the color which was formerly called ''yellow green'' is now called '']''). |
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The first recorded use of ''harlequin'' as a color name in ] was in ]. <ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample: Page 57 Plate 17 Color Sample K11--Harlequin </ref> |
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==Harlequin in Human Culture== |
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* In ] times, ]s often wore a harlequin colored costume (the word harlequin is sometimes used as a synonym for jester). |
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* ]s, comic figures in Italian ], sometimes wore harlequin colored costumes (apparently this is the source of the name of the color). |
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* Because of its association with jesters and harlequins, the color harlequin is often used in ]s for ]s, the ], and ]. |
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* Harlequin, as well as ], ], ], or ] may be used to represent ] or the ]. |
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* The color Harlequin may be associated with ], since it is thought that many jesters and harlequins were ]. <ref> Kent, Girard ''The Boy Harleqin and Other Stories'' San Francisco:1983--Gay Sunshine Press This collection of gay ] has a painting of a young man in a harlequin colored ] on the cover. </ref> |
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* ], generally known as Harlequins or, for sponsorship reasons, ] Harlequins, are a prominent English ] club located in ] and currently playing in the top-level ]. |
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* ] are a separately owned ] club, playing in the Anglo-French ], who are partnered with Harlequin F.C. and share the union club's ground. |
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* ] are a rugby union club in ] that play in the ]. They named themselves after Harlequin F.C., and have been affiliated with them since 1983. |
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==References== |
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