Citrine (colour)

Short description: Yellowish colour

Citrine

Citrine, a deep golden yellowish variety of quartz

Colour coordinates
Hex triplet| #E4D00A
Source| [1]/Maerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid greenish yellow

Citrine /ˈsɪtriːn/ is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as yellow, greenish-yellow, brownish yellow or orange.[2]

The original reference point for the citrine colour was the citron fruit. The first recorded use of citrine as a colour in English was in 1386.[3] It was borrowed from a medieval Latin and classical Latin word with the same meaning. In late medieval and early modern English the citrine colour-name was applied in a wider variety of contexts than it is today and could be "reddish or brownish yellow; or orange; or amber (distinguished from yellow)".[4]

In today's English citrine as a colour is mostly confined to the contexts of (1) gemstones, including quartz, and (2) some animal and plant names. E.g., the citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola), an Asian bird species with golden-yellow plumage, or the citrine warbler, citrine canary-flycatcher, citrine forktail, etc.

* Citrine wagtail

* The citron fruit is historically the source-word for the citrine colour name, beginning in Latin

* Citrine warbler

* Citrine forktail

## See also

* List of colors

## References

1. ↑ The colour displayed in the colour box above matches the colour called citrine in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour citrine is displayed on page 51, Plate 14, Color Sample L6.
2. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill--Discussion of the color Citrine Page 154
3. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Citrine: Page 51 Plate 14 Color Sample L6 (The colour identified as "Citrine" in this colour sample matches the colour in the colour display above.)
4. ↑ "Citrine" in the Middle English Dictionary (late medieval English).

## External links

* Jewelry and Gemstone Glossary of Terms: Citrine

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Shades of yellow

| Amber| Apricot| Arylide yellow| Aureolin| Beige| Buff| Champagne| Chartreuse| Citron| Citrine

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Cosmic latte| Cream| Dark goldenrod| Ecru| Flax| Gamboge| Gold| Gold (metallic)| Goldenrod| Harvest gold
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Ivory| Jasmine| Jonquil| Khaki| Lemon chiffon| Lemon-lime| Light yellow| Lion| Maize| Mikado yellow
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Mindaro| Mustard| Naples yellow| Navajo white| Old gold| Papaya whip| Peach-yellow| Pear| Saffron| School bus yellow
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Selective yellow| Stil de grain yellow| Straw| Sunglow| Sunset| Vanilla| Wheat| Yellow
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Shades of green

| Apple green| Aquamarine| Asparagus| Avocado| Bright green| British racing green| Brunswick green| Cal Poly green| Castleton green| Celadon

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Chartreuse| Cyan| Dark green| Dark moss green| Dark pastel green| Dark spring green| Dartmouth green| Emerald| Erin| Feldgrau
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Fern green| Forest green| Green| Green-yellow| Harlequin| Honeydew| Hooker's green| Hunter green| India green| Islamic green
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Jade green| Jungle green| Kelly green| Lawn green| Light green| Lime| Lime green| Malachite| Mantis| Midnight green
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Mindaro| Mint| Moss green| Myrtle green| Neon green| Office green| Olive| Olivine| Pakistan green| Paris green
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Pear| Persian green| Phthalo green| Pigment green| Pine green| Pistachio| Reseda green| Robin egg blue| Sage| Screamin' green
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Sea green| SGBUS green| Shamrock green| Spring bud| Spring green| Tea green| Teal| Turquoise| Viridian| Yellow-green
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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