Turquoise and cyan
Between green and blue: turquoise, teal, aqua and the tiles of Isfahan. 16 colours written up on Rang so far.
How turquoise and cyan feels
What turquoise and cyan means, country by country
5 countries. The same colour, read differently.
The old colour word qing covers green, blue and the shades between. In the five-element system it belongs to wood, the east and spring.
Nature and renewalCalmSource: Blue–green distinction in languageTurquoise, firuzeh in Persian, has been mined near Nishapur for thousands of years. It is worn against the evil eye, and its colour covers the domes of mosques in Isfahan.
Protection and healingSacred and holyAweSource: TurquoiseIn the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mary wears a blue-green cloak covered in stars. Turquoise was precious to the Aztecs, who used it in mosaic masks.
Sacred and holyAweSource: Our Lady of GuadalupeThe English word turquoise comes from the French for Turkish, because the stone reached Europe through Ottoman lands. Tiles from Iznik made the colour a mark of Ottoman mosques.
Royalty and powerSource: TurquoiseThe mosques and tombs of Samarkand are faced with turquoise and deep blue tiles. The three great madrasas of the Registan square and their ribbed turquoise domes are the best known.
Sacred and holyAweSource: RegistanTurquoise and cyan in the swatch book
90 named values.
#00FFFFAquamarine#7FFFD4Blizzard blue#ACE5EECadet blue#5F9EA0Caribbean green#00CC99Cerulean (Crayola)#1DACD6Celeste#B2FFFFCyan#00FFFFDark cyan#008B8BDark slate gray#2F4F4FDark turquoise#00CED1Deep jungle green#004B49Deep Space Sparkle#4A646CCyan (process)#00B7EBGeneric viridian#007F66Gotham green#00573FGreen Sheen#6EAEA1Illuminating emerald#319177Italian sky blue#B2FFFFJungle green#29AB87Keppel#3AB09ELight cyan#E0FFFFLight sea green#20B2AAMedium turquoise#48D1CCMetallic Seaweed#0A7E8CMiddle blue#7ED4E6Middle blue green#8DD9CCMing#36747DMountain Meadow#30BA8FNon-photo blue#A4DDEDPacific blue#1CA9C9Process Cyan#00B9F2Polished Pine#5DA493Powder blue#B0E0E6aqua#00FFFFRich black#004040Skobeloff#007474Sky blue (Crayola)#76D7EASpanish viridian#007F5CTeal#008080Technobotanica#00FFBFTiffany Blue#0ABAB5Turquoise#40E0D0Turquoise blue#00FFEFVerdigris#43B3AEViridian#40826DViridian green#009698Vivid sky blue#00CCFFWarm black#004242Wintergreen Dream#56887DPaolo Veronese green#009B7DZeal#91E0B7Zomp#39A78EZydeco#20483FSpanish sky blue#00FFFETeal blue#367588Aotake-iro青竹色#006442Seiheki青碧#3A6960Tetsu-iro鉄色#2B3733Omeshicha御召茶#354E4BKōrainando高麗納戸#203838Tetsuonando鉄御納戸#2B3736Mizu-iro水色#86ABA5Asagi-iro浅葱色#48929BSabionando錆御納戸#455859Ai-iro藍色#264348Hanaasagi花浅葱#1D697CChigusa-iro千草色#317589cadetblue#5F9EA0darkcyan#008B8Bdarkslategray#2F4F4Fdarkturquoise#00CED1aquamarine#7FFFD4azure#F0FFFFAijiro藍白#EBF6F7lightcyan#E0FFFFlightseagreen#20B2AAmediumaquamarine#66CDAAmediumturquoise#48D1CCpaleturquoise#AFEEEEpowderblue#B0E0E6teal#008080turquoise#40E0D0Maximum blue green#30BFBFRobin egg blue#00CCCCTourmaline#86A1A9Tropical rainforest#00755EShinbashi-iro新橋色#006C7FCapri#00BFFFBlue-green#009C8C
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Cyan
A blue-green colour found between blue and green on the spectrum and key in printingBasic colour
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Teal
A dark cyan named after the Eurasian teal bird’s blue-green head stripeNamed shade
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Aqua
A bright blue-green used for screens and web designBasic colour
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Deep sky blue
A web colour halfway between azure and cyan on the colour wheelNamed shade