Color Names

Shadow Lime

Pale green with a hint of citrus, not quite dark enough to be a shadow.

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Shadow Lime is a pastel green.

It can be described as pastel, soft, light and rather unsaturated.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Shadow Lime

Shadow

A shadow is a dark area on a surface where light from a light source is blocked by an object. In contrast, shade occupies the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross-section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light.

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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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shadow

Noun

  1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
  2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.

Adjective

  1. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
  2. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
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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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