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At right is displayed the color '''harlequin'''. At right is displayed the color '''harlequin'''.


On color plate 17 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 '']''). On color plate 17 in the ] book ''A Dictionary of Color'' (see reference below), the color ''harlequin'' is shown.


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> 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 is a color that is between the web color chartreuse and the color green on the color wheel. It is a color that is 75% green and 25% yellow.

Harlequin

Harlequin
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#3FFF00
sRGB (r, g, b)(63, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(105°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(88, 133, 126°)
Source
B: Normalized to (byte)

At right is displayed the color harlequin.

On color plate 17 in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color (see reference below), the color harlequin is shown.

The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923.

References

  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample: Page 57 Plate 17 Color Sample K11--Harlequin

See also

Shades of green
Apple greenAquamarine (Crayola)AquamarineAsparagusAvocadoBeigeBlue-greenBright greenBritish racing greenBrunswick green
          
Cal Poly greenCaribbean GreenCastleton greenCeladonChartreuseCyanDark greenDark moss greenDark pastel greenDark spring green
          
Dartmouth greenEmeraldErinFern greenForest greenGranny Smith AppleGreenGreen-yellowHarlequinHoneydew
          
Hooker's greenHunter greenIndia greenIslamic greenJadeJungle greenKelly greenLawn greenLight blueLight green
          
LimeLime greenMagic mintMalachiteMantisMarrs greenMaximum Blue GreenMedium sea greenMiddle blue greenMidnight green
          
MindaroMintMint creamMSU greenMyrtle greenNeon greenOffice greenOliveOlivinePakistan green
          
Paris greenPearPersian greenPhthalo greenPigment greenPine greenPistachioReseda greenRifle greenRobin egg blue
          
SageSea green (Crayola)Sea greenSGBUS greenShamrock greenSpring budSpring greenTea greenTealTurquoise
          
ViridianYellow-green
  
A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.
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