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Chartreuse
(c) Kevin Emmrich 2008

(verse) I just can't figure you out
You never seem to play it safe
You say you want to stick around
but then you're gone without a trace

You stumble when the ground is flat
but you can scale a vertical cliff
You say you leave your traces everywhere
but all I get is a vanishing whiff

(chorus) Chartreuse, you're so obtuse
you do your best to confound and confuse
I think you are just trying to drive me mad

Chartreuse, please cut me loose
or at least we can call it a truce
I think you are going to make me sad

(verse) I think you are halfway there
But you can't choose which way you prefer
At times you seem so down to earth
but then you bath in a french liqueur

Gold or grass, green or yellow
you leave me grasping at straws
I wish that this fiasco would end
or at least have some kind of pause

(chorus) Chartreuse, you're so obtuse
you do your best to confound and confuse
I think you are just trying to drive me mad

Chartreuse, please cut me loose
or at least we can call it a truce
I think you are going to make me sad


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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_yellow

Chartreuse is a color halfway between green and yellow that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764; whereas chartreuse (the traditional color) is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green that was named because of its resemblance to the yellow color of one of the French liqueurs called yellow chartreuse, introduced in 1838.

The web color chartreuse is the color precisely halfway between green and yellow, so it is 50% green and 50% yellow.

A Crayola crayon named Chartreuse was created in 1972, but it was the incorrect color, a red-orange shade. It was renamed Atomic Tangerine in 1990 (See the List of Crayola crayon colors).

The complementary (opposite) color of (the web color) chartreuse on the HSV color wheel is violet. Chartreuse is the most visible color to the human eye.