Color Names

Bitter Lime

Sour citrus, not the kind for mortar or putty, but the one that puckers lips.

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Bitter Lime is a bright lime, close to green.

It can be described as bright, light, luminous and neon.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Bitter Lime

Lime (color)

Lime is a color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit lime. It is the color that is in between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel. Alternate names for this color included yellow-green, lemon-lime, lime green, or bitter lime.

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bitter

Adjective

  1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
  2. Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.

Adverb

  1. To an intense or severe degree; bitterly.
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lime

Noun

  1. Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
  2. Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.

Verb

  1. To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
  2. To smear with birdlime.
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