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Title: What colour is this?
Post by: Vroomvroom on June 17, 2023, 06:08:45 PM
I like the brighter "yellow".  What colour is that. Wish I ordered those.
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: Pine on June 17, 2023, 06:34:42 PM
Chartreuse
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: Vroomvroom on June 17, 2023, 06:35:25 PM
Nice and bright
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Post by: The Whittler on June 17, 2023, 09:20:18 PM
What Pine said Chartreuse, and I have also heard them called neon yellow.
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: JohnnyBa on June 17, 2023, 09:53:24 PM
Quote from: The Whittler on June 17, 2023, 09:20:18 PM
What Pine said Chartreuse, and I have also heard them called neon yellow.
True-Dat!
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: Wudstix on June 20, 2023, 10:22:12 AM
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Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: M60gunner on June 20, 2023, 12:31:05 PM
I believe those are what Gateway Feathers refers to as florescent yellow . [attachment=1]
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: Jim Wright on June 20, 2023, 12:36:53 PM
Those are a couple of shades of yellow. A paint company, a clothing manufacturer or an archery supply house will give them whatever name they wish.
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: charles m on June 27, 2023, 08:03:14 AM
Quote from: Pine on June 17, 2023, 06:34:42 PM
Chartreuse

Manufacturers can call them black for all I care, but Chartreuse is the name of the color.  Often times referred to in fletching as Flo Yellow.  If you want that color, don't just order plain o'l yellow.  If so, you will be disappointed.
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: JR Chambers on June 27, 2023, 09:21:12 AM
I ordered some chartreuse feathers and got a funky green color .
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Post by: Terry Green on June 27, 2023, 09:58:20 AM
Yes, those are chartreuse and all I shoot, and have shot for years...

They are a bright flo yellow n funky green color.  Same color name of fishing lures.

Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: Alexander Traditional on June 27, 2023, 12:07:07 PM
I looked up the word. It is derived from a greenish yellow french liqueur. I thought it was interesting.
Title: Re: What colour is this?
Post by: Bowguy67 on June 27, 2023, 12:20:05 PM
Chartreuse is mostly what I've used as well. My eyes really like it. In the half light I can see them fly best, almost like a tracer. Better than any other color.
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