What color is a lemon?

The Lemon is a Citrus fruit, originally from South Asia (India). Its dominant color is #F9EB21.

South Asia (India)·Citrus · Hesperidium
Lemon — ToonTone fruit color game

About the lemon's color

One lemon has more sugar than a strawberry — the acidity masks it. Lemons technically qualify as 'sweet' fruits. In ToonTone Guess, we represent the lemon with the hex value #F9EB21 — the color most people see when they picture the fruit in a bowl or on a plate.

How well can you match the lemon?

ToonTone Guess Color Tune (Fruits) is a free browser color guessing game. You see a fruit — like the lemon — and drag HSB sliders until your color matches. Your guess is scored by perceptual difference (ΔE in CIELAB). A perfect lemon match earns 100 points; within ΔE=5 you score 90+. The game has no signup, runs in your browser, and your best scores live in localStorage.

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