chartruse paint

[whackett]

was looking for a recipe for the color chartreuse went through the cook book and did a search too if any one could help me it would be appreciated

thanks

[eastman03]

I usually just start with some fluorescent yellow, and slowly add drops of fluorescent green till I get the color that I'm looking for.  I don't have a formula for it exactly.  I'm curious to see if some else does as well.

[datguy.dev]

There are different shades of "chartreuse." But I think it's just a fancy name for lime green. XD So 50%/50% yellow and green will give you something to start from. 

Edited April 22, 2019 by datguy.dev

[morgantm16]

Starting with a fluorescent yellow is a good place to begin, but any lighter yellow you can get the right end result fairly easily.  Mix mostly your yellow and add a tiny amount of a light blue like teal.  Then adjust it by adding more blue or yellow as needed to get the right shade.  I start with a couple drops of yellow and only add maybe half a drop of teal.

[hunter88]

I like using transparent yellow, and then adding pearlized lime until I get the color I want.

[clemmy]

You’d have to decide if you are talking about green chartreuse or yellow chartreuse. Technically there’s not just a “chartreuse” as a color, as both are named after the respective French Liquer. But in reality in fishing people seem to call either type “chartreuse”.

 

For paint though I would choose a bright, cool yellow, such as lemon yellow  and add a little bright green or bright greenish blue. When you still have yellow but it appears to you as a greenish yellow, to me that is yellow chartreuse. If you keep adding a little more so it appears to be halfway between bright yellow and bright green, that’s what I think of of as green chartreuse.

 

 

Edited April 27, 2019 by clemmy

[whackett]

That's very interesting I didn't know that I'm more for the yellow Chartreuse