Harlequin (color)

This box shows the color Harlequin.

Harlequin is the name of the color that is halfway between green and chartreuse green on the Colour wheel. On color plate 17 in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Colour, the color harlequin is shown as being on the colour wheel precisely halfway between green and yellow-green (the color which was formerly called yellow-green is now called chartreuse green). ^[1]

The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923.^[2]

Meaning of harlequin

In medieval times, jesters often wore a harlequin colored costume (the word harlequin is sometimes used as a synonym for jester). Therefore, the color harlequin represents humor.

Tones of harlequin color comparison chart

Name	HEX Code	Red	Green	Blue	Hue	Sat	Lum
Light Harlequin	#9FFF7F	159	255	127	105°	100%	75%
Brilliant Harlequin	#7FFF55	127	255	85	105°	100%	67%
Bright Green (Green Hulk Buster)	#66FF00	102	255	0	096°	100%	50%
Harlequin	#3FFF00	63	255	0	105°	100%	50%
Pastel Green	#77DD77	119	221	119	120°	60%	67%
Malachite	#0BDA51	11	218	81	120°	60%	67%
Rich Harlequin	#3AE500	58	229	0	105°	100%	45%
Lime Green (web color)	#32CD32	50	205	50	120°	61%	50%
Deep Harlequin	#33CC00	51	204	0	105°	100%	40%
Dark Pastel Green	#03C03C	3	192	60	138°	97%	38%
Apple Green	#4CBB17	76	187	23	101°	78%	41%
Usumbara Chameleon Harlequin	#50B708	80	183	8	095°	92%	37%
Islamic Green	#009900	0	153	0	120°	100%	30%
India Green	#138808	19	136	8	115°	89%	28%
Medium Harlequin	#44944A	68	148	74	125°	37%	42%
Forest Green (web color)	#228B22	34	139	34	120°	61%	34%
Napier (Original British Racing Green)	#3B7E00	59	126	0	092°	100%	25%
Sap Green	#507D2A	80	125	42	093°	50%	33%
Fern Green	#4F7942	79	121	66	106°	29%	37%

Related pages

List of colors

References

↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Colour Sample of Harlequin: Page 57 Plate 17 Colour Sample K11--Harlequin (The colours on the right and bottom of the charts displaying the most saturated colours, of which Plate 17 is one, represent the colours of the Colour wheel.)
↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample: Page 57 Plate 17 Color Sample K11--Harlequin

[1] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Colour Sample of Harlequin: Page 57 Plate 17 Colour Sample K11--Harlequin (The colours on the right and bottom of the charts displaying the most saturated colours, of which Plate 17 is one, represent the colours of the Colour wheel.)

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

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