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A color named after a liquor made by monks who guard its recipe like a holy secret.
means A vivid yellow-green color, somewhere between lime and a fresh leaf, named after the liqueur of the same hue.
from The color borrows its name from the French liqueur Chartreuse, made by Carthusian monks at the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps. The monastery itself takes its name from the surrounding Chartreuse mountains. The monks have produced the green herbal liqueur since the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century the word had stretched from the bottle to the bright yellow-green shade it described.
- Monk-made
- Carthusian monks have brewed it since 1737
- Secret recipe
- Only two monks know all 130 ingredients
- Color named after
- The drink came first, then the green
- Self-evolving
- It keeps aging and changing color in bottle
- Supply cut
- Monks capped production to prioritize prayer
chartreuse liqueur — green herbal spirit made by carthusian monks in voiron, france since 1737
chartreuse color — yellow-green hue named after the liqueur, officially defined in rgb as #7fff00