The colour Chartreusse

[Li'lDave 0]

my vote is yellow-green

[RagingBull 0]

i always thought of it as a greenish yellow

[sandflyx 0]

If you look up real chartreuse its a yellow with a slight greenish tint. more yellow than green. some how over the years the dye process went from chartreuse to a more lime green with yellow tinge..My guy still dyes it the right way..

[flytire 0]

:dunno:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_(color)

[JSzymczyk 0]

difficult to explain, but you know it when you see it!

[narcodog 0]

difficult to explain, but you know it when you see it!

 

Yup, I agree. It's like porno can't tell what is but you know when you see it.

 

[flytire 0]

 

:hyst: :hyst:

 

[Johny Utah 0]

The true chartreuse should look more green. It all depends what companies are making it too. When i dye things chartreuse, i will usually dye them green chartreuse similar to the hareline chartreuse. Its more of a tiers preference. Either one works well.

[perchjerker 0]

 

:hyst: :hyst:

 

Yeah, and they even hit bare hooks; but who has fly boxes with either bare hooks or cigarette butts with hooks in them in their boxes? Fish may be stupid; but, they are not color blind.

 

perchjerker

 

[tidewaterfly 0]

I don't know which is "correct", but I like both. Chartreuse "shades" have always been good for me. It usually don't seem to matter which one I use, however someday's the fish seem to prefer one over the other. I think that's just the conditions of water clarity & light. They see one better on certain days. Although I've only had it happen once that I recall, that one would not draw any strikes, while the other worked well. A buddy & I were fishing a tidal creek for Stripers with chartreuse & white deceivers, he was using one that was on the green side, while mine was more yellow. I couldn't buy a hit, while he was catching one fish after another. Both flies were about the same size & we were fishing in clear, but tannic stained water less than 6 ft deep. He was catching Largemouths & Stripers, and me, nothing until I changed to the same shade. Go figure!

 

How about the difference between neon yellow & yellow chartreuse? I've seen packages of hackle marked one or the other & sometimes they look the same or sometimes they don't. Even packages from the same supplier. I'm sure it's just an inconsistency in the dyeing process, or perhaps mislabeling, but what happens when you start tying with one, have good success with it then can't seem to find it again! Bummer! :dunno:

[Li'lDave 0]

:bugeyes: what a can of worms

 

 

:hyst: :hyst:

 

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[Harold Ray 0]

I didn't have a clue what color chartreuse was or how it was spelled until I began tying flies. Now, I know and recognize far more colors than I ever did before.

 

Chartreuse (UK: /ʃɑrˈtrɜːz/, US: /ʃɑrˈtruːz/ or /ʃɑrˈtruːs/;[1] French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁøz]) (the web color) is a color halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764. Similarly chartreuse yellow is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green that was named because of its resemblance to the color of one of the French liqueurs called yellow chartreuse, introduced in 1838.[2]

 

Chartreuse-Verte (green)

 

Charteuse-Jaune (yellow)

 

wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse

 

Definition of CHARTREUSE: a variable color averaging a brilliant yellow green

 

merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chartreuse

[sniksoh 0]

its half way between so its both! yellow-green and green-yellow :dunno:

[Steve P 0]

Personally I like a little more yellow than green.... but I eish there was a "both" options as I would have gone with that. When I dye colors I use both, one with a little more yellow then one with a little more green, and one with about a perfect blend of each.... they all sell rather well and i have three cool colors...... I call personal preference on this one as I have a hard time calling it and despite what it is "supposed" to be I like them all.

 

Steve

[oatka 0]

Chartreuse, and anything that's not Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Black, White, Purple, Orange, or Brown is classified as a "girly color" and I try to never reference those colors.

 

"Mr. Chuck Norris, please will you pass the chartreuse/salmon/mauve colored feather boa....I would like to tie some wooly buggers!"

 

or

 

"Hey Chucky! Pass the freaking greenish/pinkish/somethingish colored feathers before I beat your freaking butt you pansy....I gotta tie some wooly freaking buggers!!!"

 

See, something about using girly colors just doesn't seem right to me. Call me old fashioned I guess!

 

 

PS - I didn't vote. Voting would only lead to more casual use of these color definitions and that is bad for society!