A colourful note: The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890, obviously named after the fruit. I don’t know when electric got added to this extra bright shade but Crayola introduced it as a crayon colour in 1990.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 3 February 2016
Love your collection of colours and their names!
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I’me enjoying the challenge!
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Very interesting and appreciated info, Debbie. I always like seeing a splash of green 🙂
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cool capture – a difficult colour again
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I just find it amazing that Crayola have some many colours. I had never thought about it before!
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Good spot! 🙂
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