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| '''Harlequin''' is an adjective used to describe something that is coloured in pattern<ref>{{Citation | |||
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| |last=Paterson | |||
| |first=Ian | |||
| |title=A Dictionary of Colour | |||
| |edition=1st paperback | |||
| |year=2003 | |||
| |publication-date=2004 | |||
| |publisher=Thorogood | |||
| |location=London | |||
| |isbn=1854183753 | |||
| |page=198 | |||
| }}</ref> similar to the dress traditionally associated to ]s. It may also refer to a color that is between | |||
| ⚫ | the ] ] and the color ] on the ].{{Fact|date=February 2008}} It is a color that is 75% green and 25% ].{{Fact|date=February 2008}} | ||
| ==Harlequin== | ==Harlequin== | ||
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Harlequin is an adjective used to describe something that is coloured in pattern similar to the dress traditionally associated to Harlequins. It may also refer to 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 | |
|---|---|
 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
- Paterson, Ian (2003), A Dictionary of Colour (1st paperback ed.), London: Thorogood (published 2004), p. 198, ISBN 1854183753
- Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930), A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill, p. 57 plate 17 color sample K11; p. 196, OCLC 1150631