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The lemon town

Menton

The last French town before Italy, with an old quarter in ochre and yellow and a famous lemon festival.

Menton
Photo: Jpgross, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Menton is lemon yellow

Menton lies on the French Riviera at the Italian border. Sheltered by mountains, it has one of the mildest climates in France, and lemons have been grown on its terraces for centuries. The Menton lemon is bright yellow, fragrant and mild, and its name is legally protected. Each February since the 1930s the town has held a lemon festival, with large sculptures and parade floats built from many tonnes of lemons and oranges. The old town rises from the harbour in tall houses painted ochre, yellow, apricot and rose, in the Ligurian manner, below a Baroque church. From the sea wall, the whole hillside looks like a warm colour chart.

Lemon yellow#F5D93BFacade ochre#E3A45AFacade rose#E3938CMediterranean blue#2F7FB5Orange#F28C1E

Values are fair approximations of what the eye sees there, not measurements.

Colours tied to Menton

LemonA vivid yellow named for the colour of lemon fruitYellowA primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigments
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Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Menton" on Wikipedia. If you know Menton and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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