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#40E0D0 |
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(64, 224, 208) |
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Turquoise is a slightly greenish shade of cyan. The color is based on the gem turquoise. The term comes from the French for Turkish.
The first recorded use of Turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573. [1]
The mosque with turquoise domes in Buhara
Variations of Turquoise
Pale Turquoise
| Pale Turquoise |
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#AFEEEE |
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(175, 238, 238) |
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(175°, 84%, 94%) |
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Medium Turquoise
| Medium Turquoise |
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#48D1CC |
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(72, 209, 204) |
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(175°, 55%, 50%) |
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Dark Turquoise
| Dark Turquoise |
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#00CED1 |
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(0, 206, 209) |
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(175°, 40%, 94%) |
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At right is displayed the web color dark turquoise.
Turquoise in human culture
- Astrology
- Color mixing
- Turquoise is sometimes described as a mixture of pale blue and green.
- Geography
- In slang form, the phrase "The Turquoise" refers to the waters of the Caribbean, which are shallow and therefore take on the color in sunlight.
- Medicine
- In holistic medicine, the color turquoise purportedly has a calming effect on patients, and is particularly used to treat patients prone to panic attacks or mania. To a lesser degree, mainstream psychiatric hospitals also use turquoise and other light shades of blue and green to calm patients by painting the walls in these colors.
References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Turquoise [green]: Page 73 Plate 25 Color Sample I5
See also
ca:Color turquesa
cs:Tyrkysová de:Türkis (Farbe) eo:Turkisa fr:Turquoise (couleur) he:טורקיז (צבע) it:Turchese (colore) pl:Turkus (kolor) simple:Turquoise (colour) vi:Xanh Thổ tr:Turkuaz (renk)
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