Green-yellow

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Green-Yellow
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#ADFF2F
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(173, 255, 47)
CMYK^H	(c, m, y, k)	(32, 0, 82, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(84°, 82%, 100%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Green-yellow is a mixture of the colours green and yellow--it is the colour one-third of the way between green and yellow (closer to yellow than to green) on the colour wheel. The name of the color means greenish-yellow. It is one of the colors of the color wheel in the Munsell color system. Green-yellow is a color that is two-thirds yellow and one-third green.

Green-yellow is a pure chroma and it is between the color traditionally called chartreuse (lime) and the the web color chartreuse on the color wheel.

[edit] Green-yellow in Human Culture

Green-yellow is at the direct middle of the light spectrum visible to the human eye, and as such it is the colour that is most eye catching to humans. For this reason many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow.

See also: List of colors

					Shades of green
Asparagus	Bright green	Camouflage green	Celadon	Chartreuse	Emerald	Fern green	Gray-Tea Green	Gray-asparagus	Green	Green-yellow	Jade

Lime	Moss green	Myrtle	Olive	Olive Drab	Pear	Pine Green	Sea green	Spring green	Swamp green	Tea Green	Forest green

Chartreuse yellow	Harlequin	Office green	Lime pulp	Hunter green	Kelly green	Shamrock green	Islamic green	Lime Green