What is Lime (color)?
{{distinguish|Lime|Line}} {{infobox color |title=Lime |hex=C0FF00 |image={{photomontage |photo1a= AosaHGkyuai (cropped) 3.jpg |photo1b= The Magdalen Reading - Rogier van der Weyden (cropped)72.jpg |photo1c= |photo2a= 16-09-17-WikiLovesCocktails-Zutaten-Img0144.jpg |photo2b = Brachylophus fasciatus Fidschileguan (cropped).jpg |photo2c= |photo3a=Día de padel (4387262971) (cropped).jpg |photo3b= Münster, Montgolfiade (an den Aaseewiesen) -- 2019 -- 9726.jpg |photo4a= Rowan Atkinson on a Mini at Goodwood Circuit in 2009 (cropped)19.jpg |photo4b= Canberra RAIDERS.jpg | size = 243 | color_border = #AAAAAA | color = #F9F9F9 |caption=(clockwise)Brachaluteres ulvarum, The Magdalen Reading, Brachylophus fasciatus, Hot air balloons at the 49th Montgolfiade in Münster, 2009 Canberra Raiders Team, Rowan Atkinson on a Mini at Goodwood Circuit, Tennis ball, Limes | foot_montage = }} |source= RGB color system |isccname=Vivid yellow green|cmyk=(25, 0, 100, 0)}} '''Lime''' is a [[yellow]]ish [[green]] [[color]]. It is the color that is halfway between the color [[chartreuse green]] and [[yellow]] on the [[color wheel]].<ref name=mp>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; The index refers to Plate 20 Color Sample J1 as ''Lime Green''; this color is shown on Plate 20 as being halfway between ''yellow-green'' (the old name for the color that is now called [[chartreuse green]]) and ''yellow'' on the color wheel.</ref> The color ''lime'' is named after the [[fruit]] also known as [[lime]]. The official [[web color]] named ''lime'' actually corresponds to pure green on an [[RGB]] display. ''Lime green'' is the color of the outer [[skin]] of a lime. ''Lime pulp'' is the color of the inside of a lime and of ''limeade'', a fruit drink that is made from limes.<ref>[http://dowhatnow.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/19/front_cover_with_shrimp_board.jpg Lime colored limeade drinks from the cover of a 1975 cookbook:]</ref> The first recorded use of ''lime'' as a color name in [[English language|English]]