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Is there any color uglier than chartreuse?

I don't get the popularity of it at all

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by Anonymousreply 268March 20, 2019 8:45 PM
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by Anonymousreply 1April 3, 2018 9:25 PM
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by Anonymousreply 2April 3, 2018 9:26 PM

magenta

by Anonymousreply 3April 3, 2018 9:27 PM
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by Anonymousreply 4April 3, 2018 9:27 PM

To be fair, there are various shades/levels of chartreuse, some with more yellow, red or blue. R2 is fashionable; R4 is ugly (too much yellow).

by Anonymousreply 5April 3, 2018 9:31 PM

I love the colour. Don't think its ugly, but it is a palate cleanser type of colour.

by Anonymousreply 6April 3, 2018 9:33 PM

Puce sounds uglier.

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by Anonymousreply 7April 3, 2018 9:38 PM

Magenta.

by Anonymousreply 8April 3, 2018 9:38 PM

It's the Pantone Color of the Year on Uranus.

by Anonymousreply 9April 3, 2018 9:43 PM

It can be stunning when dispensed properly.

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by Anonymousreply 10April 3, 2018 9:44 PM

The only place where chartreuse is lovely and always welcome.

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by Anonymousreply 11April 3, 2018 9:46 PM

It's a great accent color. Added to a yellow and vermilion pattern it can be striking.

by Anonymousreply 12April 3, 2018 10:57 PM

Love it!

by Anonymousreply 13April 3, 2018 11:15 PM

I enjoy in small doses, certain. shades look stunning in silk.

by Anonymousreply 14April 3, 2018 11:55 PM

What's wrong with Muriel Puce??

by Anonymousreply 15April 3, 2018 11:56 PM

OP is a bad gay.

by Anonymousreply 16April 3, 2018 11:56 PM

R2 's model is going commando.

by Anonymousreply 17April 4, 2018 12:09 AM

OP "Is there any color uglier than chartreuse? "

Excuse me....??

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by Anonymousreply 18April 4, 2018 12:11 AM

R5: The dress looks better than the suit.

by Anonymousreply 19April 4, 2018 1:13 AM

I love it.

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by Anonymousreply 20April 4, 2018 1:19 AM

I like chartreuse, in great moderation. It can be a great color popper for a boring room. A couple of chartreuse throw pillows on a grey sofa can be quite pretty. And a little in an all white kitchen can really make it sparkle.

Now puce, that's a filthy color. I can't fathom why anyone would like it.

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by Anonymousreply 21April 4, 2018 1:22 AM

R3 you stole my thunder!

by Anonymousreply 22April 4, 2018 1:25 AM

I like chartreuse. Of course, not the whole damn room. I love greens and blues in furniture/tapestries.

by Anonymousreply 23April 4, 2018 1:31 AM

My favorite color is Rust.

by Anonymousreply 24April 4, 2018 1:31 AM

The ugliest color palette in history: CGA's "palette 1", with its lovely combination of black, white, magenta, and cyan (and the only palette where you could have BOTH black AND white).

Magenta and cyan are, IMHO, the two ugliest colors. Something about them just plain feels WRONG, like pressing two adjacent keys on a piano. It doesn't take much tweaking to make them tolerable... tone down the red a bit to get purple, dial down 90% of the green to get blue, and you have a decent combo to go with white and black. But full-bore cyan and magenta is HIDEOUS, especially when used next to each other.

by Anonymousreply 25April 4, 2018 1:34 AM

Cyan and magenta are cheap looking. Chartreuse looks expensive. Puce is a mystery, no one can agree on what it is.

by Anonymousreply 26April 4, 2018 2:22 AM

Taupe. Mauve. No use for them.

The '70's were over run with Avocado Green, Burnt Orange, and Harvest Gold. I hate them. They were ugly then and when they wash up in a hipster setting, they are just as ugly and unattractive now as they were the first time around.

by Anonymousreply 27April 4, 2018 2:54 AM

ha, Op, you just reminded me about my favorite sweater as a young teen. a chartreuse cardigan that I wore frequently and with everything. this was in the 90s.

by Anonymousreply 28April 4, 2018 3:00 AM

Every time the color comes back, I'm in the mood for a white-trash version of Brideshead Revisited. Give me old-fashioned maroon and butter-cream.

While chartreuse is a great accent color for people who always wear black, it never stays on trend. Wham! sold kids on neon yellow and pink, but couldn't pull off chartreuse. Issey Miyake layered a see-thru chartreuse/bark shirt in the very early 2000s, but quickly abandoned it. I bought one, but seldom wore it (my body fat had to be under 10% to feel comfortable in it.

by Anonymousreply 29April 4, 2018 3:18 AM

For the magenta hater here...how about magenta and chartreuse TOGETHER???

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by Anonymousreply 30April 4, 2018 3:29 AM

I think it's great as an accent color in a bright, sun-filled room, but as far as clothing no one looks good in chartreuse. No one. Ever.

by Anonymousreply 31April 4, 2018 3:34 AM

R30 yikes

by Anonymousreply 32April 4, 2018 3:46 AM

[quote]no one looks good in chartreuse.

Though I can wear almost any color polo shirt, I had to give a chartreuse one away. And I love the color (in small, "adjacent" doses).

by Anonymousreply 33April 4, 2018 4:36 AM

there are two colors uglier than that

1. "peach"

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by Anonymousreply 34April 4, 2018 4:46 AM

2. " aqua"

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by Anonymousreply 35April 4, 2018 4:49 AM

I love aqua. My favorite three colors together are navy, aqua, and chartreuse.

by Anonymousreply 36April 4, 2018 4:53 AM

R30 Nice combination but it makes you look like a flower.

by Anonymousreply 37April 4, 2018 4:53 AM

Rust, oxblood, Indian red. All those reddish brown colours. Yuck.

by Anonymousreply 38April 4, 2018 4:55 AM

orange

by Anonymousreply 39April 4, 2018 4:57 AM

Chartreuse is often the color of vomit. Normal humans recoil from it.

by Anonymousreply 40April 4, 2018 4:59 AM

When I was a child, chartreuse was my favorite color. Not so much because I liked the color itself, but the name sounded so exotic and fabulous.

The chair in OP's pic is to die for.

by Anonymousreply 41April 4, 2018 5:00 AM

What is wrong with you!?!? The Royal Order of Her Majesty, the Queen Elizabeth, is mounted on a watered silk ribbon in a chartreuse colour! Is there anything more prestigious or desirable? The answer is No.

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by Anonymousreply 42April 4, 2018 5:45 AM

R42 that's tacky as hell

by Anonymousreply 43April 4, 2018 6:12 AM

I had a bright green iguana jump on my porch once. I thought it was beautiful

by Anonymousreply 44April 4, 2018 6:24 AM

"Dusky rose" and "sponged casual dining orange"

by Anonymousreply 45April 4, 2018 6:33 AM

Is it dusky rose or dusty rose? Either way, its soul killing.

by Anonymousreply 46April 4, 2018 6:34 AM

r42 Is English Chartreuse different from American Chartreuse?

by Anonymousreply 47April 4, 2018 8:52 AM

I love peach. It is flattering to all skin tones.

by Anonymousreply 48April 4, 2018 2:00 PM

Peach might look good on some people, but as wall paint - no

There are some light blues that are nice but the ugly 1950's blue-green is awful on clothes or walls. Call it "aqua" or "teal" it is ugly - on walls and most clothes

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by Anonymousreply 49April 4, 2018 3:29 PM

I like pale shades of turquoise on walls.

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by Anonymousreply 50April 4, 2018 3:32 PM

The ugliest color in the world is baby-poop brown, or greenish brown.

I love all the aquas (and celadons and mints and sea blues and turqupoises and teals) myself, and magenta, peach, puce, and chartreuse can look good as clothing or décor if done correctly. But baby-poop green is indefensible, it NEVER looks good!

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by Anonymousreply 51April 4, 2018 5:49 PM

Brown is my least favorite color...brown in any tone, no thanks.

by Anonymousreply 52April 4, 2018 6:29 PM

Pullman row houses had "Barcelona Brown" oil paint on the soft wood upper floors and all the baseboards. It was supposed to be a step up from flat black which was used to hide coal soot and shit. However, it looked like someone smeared a dirty diaper on the wood.

The Jugendstil movement featured chartreuse paired with colors such as those favored by R36. The Nanny McPhee house gives an idea of what could be done to avoid greige.

by Anonymousreply 53April 4, 2018 7:37 PM

r21, that's not puce.

This is puce.

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by Anonymousreply 54April 4, 2018 7:43 PM

HIDEOUS

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by Anonymousreply 55April 6, 2018 5:32 PM

Essential in Mid-century Modern

by Anonymousreply 56April 6, 2018 5:34 PM

[quote]R40 Chartreuse is often the color of vomit. Normal humans recoil from it.

It's very "stabby" on the eyes.

It makes me wince.

by Anonymousreply 57April 6, 2018 5:51 PM

Angie Dickinson was wearing a chartreuse cocktail dress in the film "The Chase" (1966) I was watching the other night. Her husband, Marlon Brando, in the film made her change because a rich man had given her the dress, and I have to say it was a relief. I never knew chartreuse was so hard on the eyes until I saw this dress.

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by Anonymousreply 58April 6, 2018 6:14 PM

Love that, r55. Thanks.

by Anonymousreply 59April 6, 2018 7:18 PM

[quote]Chartreuse is often the color of vomit.

What WERE you eating?

by Anonymousreply 60April 6, 2018 7:19 PM

Love all shades of it. Acid green, apple green, etc. Glad it is making the trend again. Chartreuse velvets and silks are my favourites. Green is groovy.

by Anonymousreply 61April 6, 2018 7:25 PM

Chartreuse 914

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by Anonymousreply 62April 6, 2018 11:22 PM

Chartreuse Karmann Ghia

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by Anonymousreply 63April 6, 2018 11:25 PM

There aren’t any ugly colors, just unstylish people.

by Anonymousreply 64April 6, 2018 11:30 PM

Chartreuse can be pretty if there's enough green in it, although it's always unflattering to most skin tones.

But I saw an uglier variant at Macy's the other day - a slightly muted yellow with a little bit of green in it. HIDEOUS! An intensely ugly color, unflattering to every skin tone and reminiscent of vomit. Who the fuck buys these horrors?

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by Anonymousreply 65April 7, 2018 3:28 AM

For r65

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by Anonymousreply 66April 7, 2018 3:34 AM

Peggy's Mom made it as a salute to the part of France where the Olympics were held...

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by Anonymousreply 67April 7, 2018 7:04 AM

I've always disliked the red-oranges myself. I hate salmon pink, vermillion, coral, and tomato red for various reasons, but none of them are attractive colors, and none of them are flattering or work as décor.

Of course there's worse things on this thread.

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by Anonymousreply 68April 7, 2018 7:21 AM

Coral IS a very Crafty Frau color...

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by Anonymousreply 69April 7, 2018 7:39 AM

chartreuse El Camino

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by Anonymousreply 70April 7, 2018 8:02 AM

It's horrible! MAKE IT STOP!

by Anonymousreply 71April 7, 2018 8:24 AM

Today I'm going to honor Datalounge by wearing my chartreuse Calvin Klein boxer briefs.

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by Anonymousreply 72April 7, 2018 9:05 AM

We like it.

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by Anonymousreply 73April 7, 2018 10:31 AM

When you don't want your guests to stay more than a night...

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by Anonymousreply 74April 7, 2018 11:31 AM

And don't be put off by the fancy accoutraments - it's just as alienating on a lower budget:

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by Anonymousreply 75April 7, 2018 11:35 AM

I feel an urge to cut off my ear.

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by Anonymousreply 76April 7, 2018 11:42 AM

avocado green

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by Anonymousreply 77April 7, 2018 11:48 AM

When I was a child my parents decided to paint my bedroom walls chartreuse (ugh). We they trying to tell me something ?

A few years later we moved to a new house and my bedroom walls were a beautiful shade of blue ( my favourite colour). Unfortunately the house was in Winnipeg (north of North Dakota) and during the frigid winters my room felt like the coldest in the house. The exterior of the house was painted pink ( or "flamingo" as my mother preferred to call it). I notice on Google Street View that the exterior is now white.

by Anonymousreply 78April 7, 2018 1:08 PM

my sister looked great in chartreuse but she could wear any just about color for some reason.

by Anonymousreply 79April 7, 2018 1:16 PM

What a bunch of drips!!!! I love ALL the colors being trashed here, and this weak-sister "maybe....as an accent" attitude is so tired. As the song says: "Bright is my favorite color!" Slap it on the walls, girls, and have some fun.

by Anonymousreply 80April 7, 2018 1:23 PM

Chartreuse is a bright yet cool color (as opposed to the hot lemon yellows) This inherent contradiction is off-putting to most.

by Anonymousreply 81April 7, 2018 1:26 PM

It's spunky and adds a trippy-psychedelic, retro kick to everything it's in.

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by Anonymousreply 82April 7, 2018 1:31 PM

It creates a very 60s-70s period mood.

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by Anonymousreply 83April 7, 2018 1:37 PM

magic mushrooms

by Anonymousreply 84April 7, 2018 1:41 PM

R75 over reaches. Better s/he stick with "accessories."

by Anonymousreply 85April 7, 2018 1:45 PM

It makes me think of vintage Pucci, Heinz Edelmann, Peter Max, the Luciferian-tarot 60's cover artwork by "The Fool Design Collective", "The Green Man" legend, vintage nature illustrations from the 60's-70's, the Roger Hane cover art of the Collier-Macmillan "Chronicles of Narnia" series.

As R81 points out, there is something slightly disorienting, discordant and alien about the color because our brains are challenged trying to decipher it, as if we have some ancient knowledge of it being associated with something otherworldly.

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by Anonymousreply 86April 7, 2018 1:49 PM

R85

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by Anonymousreply 87April 7, 2018 1:50 PM

R87

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by Anonymousreply 88April 7, 2018 1:51 PM
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by Anonymousreply 89April 7, 2018 4:32 PM

Chartreuse AND coral!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 90April 7, 2018 5:47 PM

R74 - a bed under a window is bad feng shui. Also the curtains are the worst part of that room.

by Anonymousreply 91April 7, 2018 6:49 PM

[quote]a bed under a window is bad feng shui.

Why, r91?

by Anonymousreply 92April 7, 2018 6:52 PM

R91 I love having my bed under a window, because the sunlight wakes me up gently.

by Anonymousreply 93April 7, 2018 7:12 PM

Mika: Turquoise and ...

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by Anonymousreply 94April 12, 2018 1:19 PM

All the muddy greens are awful...chartreuse, khaki, olive, avocado; and really anything mixed with brown is unattractive, eg taupe, rust, burnt orange, dusty rose, mauve, mustard as in Dijon mustard, not Colman's. Yet a light lime green, the colour of the stems of spring plants, is very uplifting.

by Anonymousreply 95April 12, 2018 1:46 PM

I guess what you call "light lime green," r95, is what I call "chartreuse."

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by Anonymousreply 96April 12, 2018 1:51 PM

No, R96, it's too jarring; too dark and too much yellow, at least on my monitor.

by Anonymousreply 97April 12, 2018 1:53 PM

So show us, R97.

by Anonymousreply 98April 12, 2018 1:53 PM

R96, I call that color "highlighter green".

by Anonymousreply 99April 12, 2018 1:57 PM

chartreuse Fiestaware

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by Anonymousreply 100April 12, 2018 2:00 PM

PMS 374 comes close, at least on my screen. Actually much like that Fiestaware.

by Anonymousreply 101April 12, 2018 2:12 PM

I like that, r101. More than the "highlighter green."

by Anonymousreply 102April 12, 2018 2:14 PM

Pantone 374

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by Anonymousreply 103April 12, 2018 2:24 PM

The name is even uglier than the color.

The same can be said for mauve. What a hideous word. It sounds like the word for that furry mold you find on rotten citrus.

by Anonymousreply 104April 12, 2018 2:29 PM

The fact is that no colour can be assessed in absolute terms. Colours only exist within context to other colours around them. There may be a colour you don't like on its own that will absolutely necessary in a design of other colours. Additionally, one's eye will not perceive the colour looking the same when it is placed next to differing cokours.

by Anonymousreply 105April 12, 2018 2:57 PM

Why is everyone hating on chartreuse? It’s the signature color of Datalounge. Muriel is going to ban all of you.

by Anonymousreply 106April 12, 2018 3:12 PM

If I ever do drag, "Chartreuse" is definitely going to be my name.

by Anonymousreply 107April 12, 2018 3:14 PM

It cuts the appetite when its on tableware.

by Anonymousreply 108April 12, 2018 4:02 PM

I love it in relation to turquoise and dark blue, r105.

by Anonymousreply 109April 12, 2018 4:04 PM

Or deep purple, R105.

by Anonymousreply 110April 12, 2018 4:07 PM

Sorry, meant r109

by Anonymousreply 111April 12, 2018 4:08 PM

Yes, r111. It looks good next to fuschia/magenta as well.

by Anonymousreply 112April 12, 2018 4:09 PM

Vulgar fake gilt.

by Anonymousreply 113April 12, 2018 4:12 PM

Food should never be served on colored plates. White only, maybe with a thin rim of detailing.

by Anonymousreply 114April 12, 2018 4:21 PM

I LOVE colored plates. I gave away my white ones in The Big Downsizing.

by Anonymousreply 115April 12, 2018 4:28 PM

it's gorgeous and OP is a philistine

by Anonymousreply 116April 12, 2018 4:44 PM

I agree with R114. The only food I think works on coloured or decorated tableware is pastry, such as at a tea party. Apart from that, white porcelain all the way.

by Anonymousreply 117April 12, 2018 5:06 PM

I like black plates. What do you think of black plates? Not the glazed shiny kind.

by Anonymousreply 118April 12, 2018 5:16 PM

I love chartreuse. It's fancy. Although, too much green and you get avocado, too much yellow and it's just awful. I don't mind avocado. I grew up in the 70s, so naturally I detest "earth tones". Rust, burnt sienna, baby-shit brown. Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 119April 12, 2018 8:28 PM

Victorian burgundy is the most hideous color of all for decorating.

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by Anonymousreply 120April 12, 2018 8:34 PM

Feng Shui is about the energy flow in your home and how the human fits in.

“Don’t situate the bed directly under a window. The chi entering through the window will disrupt sleep.” – Feng Shui Bed Positioning. Sally Painter, Feng Shui Practitioner.

“At nighttime your body needs strong support, as well as protection, in order to do its best with the work of regenerating itself. This is the reason a good solid headboard is highly recommended in feng shui. In addition to a good headboard, you always want to have a solid wall behind your bed. When you sleep under the window, your personal energy tends to get weaker in time, as it has neither proper support, nor protection.” – Feng Shui Tips and Solutions for Bed Under Window. Rodika Tchi, Feng Shui Expert.

one doesn't need to go overboard with Feng Shui but some of its basic directions are very wise for a comfortable home in which one feels secure, comfortable, and well.

by Anonymousreply 121April 12, 2018 8:36 PM

Brown is my least favorite color. Followed by yellow.

by Anonymousreply 122April 12, 2018 9:02 PM

R95 It's just a deep, warm kind of palette and it has its own beauty. You probably don't wear deep and warm well and instinctively, don't want to surround yourself with that palette. But some beauty is brought out with it.

For me, appreciation is all about moods. Sometimes I want the crisp, sun-bleached colors, sometimes I want rainy day gray colors, others, dusty, sunburnt browns. The colors you describe are often found together in Japanese enamelware and material.

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by Anonymousreply 123April 13, 2018 12:45 AM

R95 This palette adds a warm, ripe feeling to anything it's included in. It also works well communicating a sense of aristocratic decay about a space, high quality and natural materials aged. Chartreuse is the lighter end of a palette of burnt orange, cadmium red, umbers, mustard, clay and parchment whites, moss green, dark turquoise and blue-greens.

A still image from "The Draughtman's Contract" (1982), below:

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by Anonymousreply 124April 13, 2018 12:57 AM

Pierre was swinging from a chartreuse swing in nickchampa's stories last night.

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by Anonymousreply 125April 13, 2018 11:11 AM
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by Anonymousreply 126April 13, 2018 12:24 PM

Too bad it says DKNY.

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by Anonymousreply 127April 13, 2018 7:53 PM

The only thing worse than the color itself, I suppose, would be a chartreuse colored trellis rug.

by Anonymousreply 128April 13, 2018 8:25 PM

VPL revealer

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by Anonymousreply 129May 8, 2018 7:17 PM

2018 Fit (for Honda Boy)

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by Anonymousreply 130May 8, 2018 8:15 PM

^ Actually 2015

by Anonymousreply 131May 8, 2018 8:26 PM

It's better than that hideous mustard gold color.

by Anonymousreply 132May 8, 2018 9:12 PM

R132 writes the book on DFP.

by Anonymousreply 133May 8, 2018 9:13 PM

Chartreuse headphones.

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by Anonymousreply 134May 15, 2018 1:05 PM

Try ... Olive Green.

by Anonymousreply 135May 15, 2018 1:24 PM

How dare you? its my fave color: the mystic color of the 4th chakra: wild sexual energy mixed with translucent clairvoyance.

THE COLOR OF KINGS AND QUEENS

and housewives in the burbs in the fiftys....

viva!

by Anonymousreply 136May 15, 2018 1:31 PM

Magenta.

by Anonymousreply 137May 15, 2018 3:07 PM

Mint

by Anonymousreply 138May 15, 2018 3:08 PM

Sky blue

by Anonymousreply 139May 15, 2018 3:08 PM

Soft pink

by Anonymousreply 140May 15, 2018 3:08 PM

YELLOW.

by Anonymousreply 141May 15, 2018 3:08 PM

How is chartreuse different than lime green? So silly to have two names for the same color. I've just started combining them for convenience sake. Case in point. I came up with the color......

Persalmon

by Anonymousreply 142May 15, 2018 3:14 PM

[quote]How is chartreuse different than lime green?

Some shades of chartreuse have more yellow than lime green. The liqueur for which the color is named is very yellow, not reminiscent of lime.

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by Anonymousreply 143May 15, 2018 3:19 PM

Think pink! Think pink! When you shop for summer clothes. Think pink! think pink! if you want that quel-que chose. Red is dead, blue is through, Green's obscene, brown's taboo. And there is not the slightest excuse for plum or puce —or chartreuse. Think pink! forget that Dior says black and brass. Think pink! who cares if the new look has no ass. Now, I wouldn't presume to tell a gay man what a gay man oughtta think, But tell him if he's gotta think: think pink—!

by Anonymousreply 144May 15, 2018 6:04 PM

When I read the OP I just knew there would be Fiesta here.

by Anonymousreply 145May 15, 2018 7:31 PM

This is football. All the people wanna hear about are touchdowns and injuries. They don't give a damn 'bout that lime shit.

by Anonymousreply 146May 15, 2018 7:31 PM

Which thread does r146 think he is in?

by Anonymousreply 147May 15, 2018 8:05 PM

Chartreuse? Maybe rather "Spring Green" but I think that would be a little chalkier in tone.

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by Anonymousreply 148May 19, 2018 4:14 PM

R147, it’s a line from Ouiser in Steel Magnolias when she’s critiquing Claree’s sports commentary for the radio station.

You can turn in your gay card at the guest services desk on your way out.

by Anonymousreply 149May 19, 2018 5:03 PM

[quote] When I was a child my parents decided to paint my bedroom walls chartreuse . . . later we moved to a new house . . . The exterior of the house was painted pink ( or "flamingo" as my mother preferred to call it).

R78, you must have had an interesting upbringing. Come back sometime and tell us more.

by Anonymousreply 150May 19, 2018 5:53 PM

Yeeup, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second wore CHARTREUSE AND PURPLE to her grandson's wedding!

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by Anonymousreply 151May 19, 2018 10:01 PM

If anyone can rock chartreuse and purple it's the Queen.

Makes me think of a refreshing summer icicle pop.

by Anonymousreply 152May 20, 2018 1:12 AM

Liquid Chartreuse

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by Anonymousreply 153May 23, 2018 1:52 AM

Orange is pretty ugly, OP. It has its place, but never first place.

by Anonymousreply 154May 23, 2018 2:02 AM

What's with Lizzie's new affection for recently wearing colors that could both be called chartreuse?

Something to do with r86, perhaps?

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by Anonymousreply 155June 18, 2018 8:00 PM
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by Anonymousreply 156June 18, 2018 8:01 PM

R156 Maybe more "neon green" than chartreuse but she's definitely sticking to that sort of palette.

by Anonymousreply 157June 18, 2018 8:02 PM

I love chartreuse - it really sends great energy.

by Anonymousreply 158June 18, 2018 8:02 PM
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by Anonymousreply 159June 18, 2018 8:03 PM

I don't usually like chartreuse, but I like the chair in OP's picture.

by Anonymousreply 160June 18, 2018 9:31 PM

BMW also had the the color they called "Tiaga." Classic 2002.

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by Anonymousreply 161June 19, 2018 8:23 PM

Expensive chartreuse in motion.

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by Anonymousreply 162June 19, 2018 8:57 PM

2002 WWs each for r161 and r162.

by Anonymousreply 163June 19, 2018 9:02 PM

Chartreuseness du jour

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by Anonymousreply 164June 27, 2018 9:54 AM

are u nuts

its my and manys fave color

git real mary

by Anonymousreply 165June 27, 2018 10:10 AM

Just for limes? Or would you squeeze your lemons here too?

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by Anonymousreply 166June 27, 2018 10:21 AM

The Mandela Effect: which color is chartreuse?

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by Anonymousreply 167July 17, 2018 3:18 PM

Chartreusemobile.

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by Anonymousreply 168July 17, 2018 4:32 PM

From the "Do You Rinse Your Dishes?" thread, the Joseph Joseph Dishpan/Washing Up Bowl, shown here in "green."

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by Anonymousreply 169August 1, 2018 8:09 AM

Anthony Joseph and Richard Joseph like chartreuse.

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by Anonymousreply 170August 1, 2018 8:10 AM

The Joseph Joseph office.

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by Anonymousreply 171August 1, 2018 8:11 AM

Chartreuse is great for late autumn looks. I love it with brown-black, grays and russet.

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by Anonymousreply 172August 4, 2018 8:54 PM

I know this is probably going to be an unpopular opinion - but I loathe purple. Any shade, from lilacs to royal purples. I don't know why.

by Anonymousreply 173August 4, 2018 9:30 PM

I don't loathe purple, but I don't have any use for it. It can go well with chartreuse, however.

by Anonymousreply 174August 4, 2018 10:22 PM

My current least-favorite color is faded black - as seen in your offices across the nation in the form of knitwear - it's not quite discolored, but it's on the cusp of grungy pilling shit rag and those wearing it should be ashamed and bullied.

by Anonymousreply 175August 4, 2018 10:34 PM

omfg who would want to look at this everyday when you're preparing food?

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by Anonymousreply 176August 5, 2018 1:56 AM

stop the madness!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 177August 5, 2018 1:59 AM

It looks great on a microbus, though.

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by Anonymousreply 178August 5, 2018 2:58 AM

[quote]r173 I know this is probably going to be an unpopular opinion - but I loathe purple. Any shade, from lilacs to royal purples. I don't know why.

Lilac is pretty in small doses. Especially with blue, like below.

I have a lilac slipcovered hassock that looks good. It's an unexpected color. I made it from a chenille bedspread that got wrecked.

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by Anonymousreply 179August 5, 2018 3:58 AM

The kitchen of r74 s nightmares.

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by Anonymousreply 180August 5, 2018 4:08 AM

^^ Sorry.... I meant r73

by Anonymousreply 181August 5, 2018 4:09 AM

I love purple, both for its own sake and because it's a good color for clothing. Almost everyone looks good in some shade of purple, I myself find that plums flatter my red hair and pasty skin.

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by Anonymousreply 182August 5, 2018 4:16 AM

Purple shades look especially good on people with brown hair.

by Anonymousreply 183August 5, 2018 4:17 AM

Or the darker shades of brown skin, R183, or on blondes. Purple brings out the yellow or gold in your hair with contrast!

It's a very flattering color, as chartreuse is not. Hardly anyone looks good in yellow, and nobody looks good in yellow-greens.

by Anonymousreply 184August 5, 2018 4:30 AM

For some reason, seafoam green always makes me feel slightly nauseated. I have a vague memory from my childhood of coloring with a seafoam crayon and being sick. I guess I subconsciously associate this color with feeling ill.

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by Anonymousreply 185August 5, 2018 5:03 AM

It is as ugly as Khaki or Eau de-Nil.

Glaucous Eau de-Nil is satisfactory.

by Anonymousreply 186August 5, 2018 5:30 AM

lavender shades make green eyes look greener...it's across the color whee, so creates contrast.

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by Anonymousreply 187August 5, 2018 5:37 AM

We had a nice chat about color here.

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by Anonymousreply 188August 5, 2018 6:33 AM

These look like two different shades of green, yet they are both Claridge's Eau de Nil dinnerware.

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by Anonymousreply 189August 5, 2018 9:59 AM

Also Eau de Nil.

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by Anonymousreply 190August 5, 2018 10:00 AM

Vintage Dries Van Noten - Chartreuse Green Pink & Purple Rose Print Velvet Blouse

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by Anonymousreply 191August 5, 2018 10:17 AM

A different take on the power tie?

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by Anonymousreply 192August 5, 2018 10:27 AM

Front door ...

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by Anonymousreply 193August 5, 2018 10:38 AM

Whole House

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by Anonymousreply 194August 5, 2018 10:38 AM

My torture chamber would be painted Puce, Dusty Pink & Peach.

by Anonymousreply 195August 5, 2018 10:51 AM

Is that a Greek Revival Bungalow in r194?

by Anonymousreply 196August 5, 2018 12:44 PM

Cute in a chartreuse suit.

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by Anonymousreply 197August 5, 2018 12:49 PM

Mr. Bean's classic Mini Cooper.

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by Anonymousreply 198August 16, 2018 9:24 AM

I think it's TREMENDOUS!

by Anonymousreply 199August 16, 2018 9:49 AM

Chartreuse abuse? Or a crime against lime?

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by Anonymousreply 200August 17, 2018 6:32 PM

I think it can be very nice as an accent color in a black, white grey setting.

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by Anonymousreply 201August 17, 2018 6:55 PM
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by Anonymousreply 202August 17, 2018 6:56 PM
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by Anonymousreply 203August 17, 2018 6:57 PM

Chartreuse with a hint of green is ok but I don't like it with a yellow tinge.

Never could stand fuschia or pink.

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by Anonymousreply 204August 17, 2018 7:06 PM

Fuschia-pink car. Yuck!

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by Anonymousreply 205August 17, 2018 7:07 PM

I'm definitely getting a pair of these boots. LOL.

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by Anonymousreply 206August 17, 2018 7:10 PM

Chartreuse is one of colors of the peacock's plume ...

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by Anonymousreply 207August 17, 2018 7:27 PM

with those colors being paired in design.

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by Anonymousreply 208August 17, 2018 7:29 PM

I feel like this is a color people use when they want to be "edgy" in a safely conservative way.

No one really likes it.

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by Anonymousreply 209August 17, 2018 10:43 PM

oh god

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by Anonymousreply 210August 17, 2018 10:44 PM

Vile, wherever you put it.

No one says, "I love it...but does it come in CHARTEUSE??"

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by Anonymousreply 211August 17, 2018 10:48 PM

Hipsters would have an orgasm!

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by Anonymousreply 212August 18, 2018 4:24 AM

Imagine entering this room while tripping!

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by Anonymousreply 213August 18, 2018 4:28 AM

There should be a LAW against R212 !

by Anonymousreply 214August 18, 2018 4:29 AM

r213 Interestingly, if you're somehow stuck with this color, orange seems to be a complimentary accent...

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by Anonymousreply 215August 18, 2018 4:34 AM

[quote][R213] Interestingly, if you're somehow stuck with this color, orange seems to be a complimentary accent...

These color combos are very late 1960s-early 1970s.

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by Anonymousreply 216August 18, 2018 4:55 AM

I mean with RESTRAINT, of course!

by Anonymousreply 217August 18, 2018 5:05 AM

Very fresh lemony green, love it. Looks good in combination with rich blues or dark violets. Its a very Italian color, can be used in either modern or vintage décors.

by Anonymousreply 218August 18, 2018 1:34 PM

Emilio Pucci could it to really great effect.

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by Anonymousreply 219August 18, 2018 3:44 PM

[quote] On November 13, 1961, at a State dinner honoring Puerto Rico's Governor and his wife, President Kennedy invited Spanish cellist Pablo Cassals to perform at the White House. Jackie wore a 3 piece evening ensemble in chartreuse silk faille by Oleg Cassini. Consisting of a beaded top, long skirt, and short jacket, Jackie once again stood out from the crowd with her choice of a vibrant color

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by Anonymousreply 220August 20, 2018 3:07 AM
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by Anonymousreply 221August 20, 2018 3:07 AM

It doesn't even look good on Jackie.

by Anonymousreply 222August 20, 2018 3:21 AM

Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy, "Paris When It Sizzles," 1964.

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by Anonymousreply 223August 20, 2018 4:53 AM

I fear that it's about to make a fashion comeback!

Both Kim Kartrashian and Blake Lively were seen wearing neon chartreuse in one week, and neon chartreuse (or highlighter green) is the ugliest color in the world squared!

by Anonymousreply 224August 20, 2018 4:59 AM

When my parents married in 1950, chartreuse must have been hugely popular. My mother used it as an accent color, along with lipstick red in her very Asian deep jade living room.

It’s best used as an accent color. Looks great with black and crimson. And yes, purple and lilac.

The chartreuse I remember was the color of the chair, not the lime or neon versions.

by Anonymousreply 225August 20, 2018 5:25 AM

That's lovely R219!

by Anonymousreply 226August 20, 2018 2:43 PM

R211, I love that door.

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by Anonymousreply 227August 20, 2018 2:54 PM

That's a stunning dress on NK @ R73.

She literally towers over TC, I am surprised he let her wear high heels next to him, he's such a midget.

by Anonymousreply 228August 20, 2018 3:02 PM

R75 is far more appealing than r74. Chartreuse is a color that needs to coordinate.

by Anonymousreply 229August 20, 2018 3:15 PM

R75 is bloody ugly!

by Anonymousreply 230August 20, 2018 11:23 PM
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by Anonymousreply 231August 20, 2018 11:30 PM

The chartreuse wedding palette.

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by Anonymousreply 232August 21, 2018 12:03 AM
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by Anonymousreply 233August 21, 2018 12:29 AM

Peggy Fleming at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

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by Anonymousreply 234August 21, 2018 1:10 AM

More Emilio Pucci.

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by Anonymousreply 235August 21, 2018 1:21 AM

Some confuse chartreuse with fuschia.

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by Anonymousreply 237August 21, 2018 10:59 PM

^^^ try this again.

You see it in UK football, since the goalkeeper is required to wear a different color and some form of green is very prevalent.

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by Anonymousreply 238August 21, 2018 11:05 PM
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by Anonymousreply 239August 21, 2018 11:06 PM
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by Anonymousreply 240August 21, 2018 11:10 PM

Can you imagine that The Queen would have anything in common......

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by Anonymousreply 242August 21, 2018 11:42 PM

I do all colors

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by Anonymousreply 243August 22, 2018 1:14 AM

Not when Max is wearing it.

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by Anonymousreply 244August 22, 2018 3:07 PM

Now available at Nordstrom.

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by Anonymousreply 245August 22, 2018 6:24 PM

Chartreuse De La Mans, what a great name for a drag queen!

by Anonymousreply 246August 22, 2018 8:02 PM

Amphibian.

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by Anonymousreply 247August 22, 2018 8:39 PM

Mammal.

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by Anonymousreply 248August 22, 2018 8:39 PM

Bird.

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by Anonymousreply 249August 22, 2018 8:40 PM

Reptile.

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by Anonymousreply 250August 22, 2018 8:42 PM

Fish.

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by Anonymousreply 251August 22, 2018 8:45 PM

It is a heinous, rancid color.

by Anonymousreply 252August 22, 2018 9:44 PM

Dog snood a la chartreuse. Neither heinous nor rancid.

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by Anonymousreply 253August 23, 2018 7:21 PM

Get one for your pooch.

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by Anonymousreply 254August 23, 2018 7:22 PM

That's not a snood, that's a neck gaiter.

THIS is a snood, and your Gay Card is currently under review!

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by Anonymousreply 255August 24, 2018 1:15 AM

It says "snood," asshole, so "snood."

I SO give a shit about your "gay card" whinings.

by Anonymousreply 256August 24, 2018 1:18 AM

Loris.

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by Anonymousreply 257August 26, 2018 9:20 AM

Aston Martin 2018 Vantage.

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by Anonymousreply 258August 26, 2018 9:24 AM

All colors are beautiful!

- Hillary

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by Anonymousreply 259August 27, 2018 11:42 PM

This musical number.

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by Anonymousreply 260August 27, 2018 11:48 PM

[quote] I've always disliked the red-oranges myself. I hate salmon pink, vermillion, coral, and tomato red for various reasons, but none of them are attractive colors, and none of them are flattering or work as décor.

"When I say 'orange,' I don't mean [italic]yellow[/italic]-orange, I mean [italic]red[/italic]-orange--the orange of Bakst and Diaghilev, the orange that changed the [italic]century.[/italic]" -- Diana Vreeland

I am sorry to tell you that Diana Vreeland is much, much more of an expert on color than you, sweetie.

by Anonymousreply 261August 27, 2018 11:55 PM

...!

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by Anonymousreply 262September 4, 2018 10:44 AM

Chartreuse is often found in Japanese cloisonne enamelware. It adds the right pop of brightness in a palette that's usually warm and deep (mustard, rust, browns and tans, deep turquoise, black). I particularly like it in Kintsugi pottery (broken pottery mended with gold) because of the electric contrast between the warm gold and the bright, neutral-temperature chartreuse.

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by Anonymousreply 263September 4, 2018 12:01 PM

Sashaying Mary!

by Anonymousreply 264September 4, 2018 2:23 PM

Yesterday we went to Lake Erie. My best friend bought me a folding chair in chartreuse, one of my favorite colors. That's what best friends do.

by Anonymousreply 265September 4, 2018 2:33 PM

R264 Learned it in Geisha school.

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by Anonymousreply 266September 4, 2018 3:29 PM

Blood plasma in the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage was depicted as a dark chartreuse, replete with lava lamp red blood cells in a complementary cotton candy pink. Very on trend for the era.

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by Anonymousreply 267March 20, 2019 6:18 PM

I often accent navy blue with chartreuse.

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by Anonymousreply 268March 20, 2019 8:45 PM
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