What does Chartreuse mean? | Definition of Chartreuse by Weddings for a Living

Chartreuse describes a bright yellow-green color.

Popular for spring weddings (at least here, in the US) this rather elegant-sounding shade is, apparently, the namesake of a French liqueur.

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Chartreuse is a color halfway between green and yellow that was named so after a French liqueur called Green Chartreuse. Chartreuse Wedding

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

chartreuse (noun)

a variable color averaging a brilliant yellow green

Chartreuse (trademark)

- used for a usually green or yellow liqueur

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