Turquoise (color) - Wikipedia

Greenish-blue color This article is about the color. For other uses, see Turquoise (disambiguation).

Turquoise
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#40E0D0
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(64, 224, 208)
HSV (h, s, v)	(174°, 71%, 88%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(81, 59, 179°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Turquoise[a] is a cyan color, based on the mineral of the same name. The word turquoise dates to the 17th century and is derived from the French turquois, meaning 'Turkish', because the mineral was first brought to Europe through Turkey from mines in the historical Khorasan province of Iran (Persia) and Afghanistan today.[1][2][3] The first recorded use of turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573.[4]

The X11 color named turquoise is displayed on the right.

Turquoise gemstones

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Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.

In many cultures of the Old and New Worlds, this gemstone has been esteemed for thousands of years as a holy stone, a bringer of good fortune or a talisman. The oldest evidence for this claim was found in ancient Egypt, where grave furnishings with turquoise inlay were discovered, dating from approximately 3000 BCE. In the ancient Persian Empire, the sky-blue gemstones were earlier worn round the neck or wrist as protection against unnatural death. If they changed color, the wearer was thought to have reason to fear the approach of doom. Meanwhile, it has been discovered that turquoise can change color. The change can be caused by light, or by a chemical reaction brought about by cosmetics, dust, or the acidity of the skin.

Turquoise is a stone and color that is strongly associated with the domes and interiors of large mosques in Iran, Central Asia, and Russia.[5][6]

Variations

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Celeste

[edit] Main article: Sky blue § Celeste

Celeste
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B2FFFF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(178, 255, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)	(180°, 30%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(95, 38, 192°)
Source	S.Fantetti e C.Petracchi (2001). Il dizionario dei colori: nomi e valori in quadricromia. Zanichelli. ISBN 8808079953.
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Celeste is a sky blue turquoise.

Light turquoise

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Light turquoise
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#AFEEEE
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(175, 238, 238)
HSV (h, s, v)	(180°, 26%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(90, 32, 192°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Light turquoise is a lighter tone of turquoise.

Turquoise blue

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Turquoise blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00FFEF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 255, 239)
HSV (h, s, v)	(176°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(91, 72, 182°)
Source	Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Turquoise blue is close to turquoise on the color wheel, but slightly more blue.[7]

The first recorded use of turquoise blue as a color name in English was in 1900.[7]: 206 

Medium turquoise

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Medium turquoise
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#48D1CC
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(72, 209, 204)
HSV (h, s, v)	(178°, 66%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(77, 53, 188°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This is the web color medium turquoise.

Dark turquoise

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Dark turquoise
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00CED1
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 206, 209)
HSV (h, s, v)	(181°, 100%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(75, 60, 195°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This is the web color dark turquoise.

Bright turquoise

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Bright turquoise
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#08E8DE
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(8, 232, 222)
HSV (h, s, v)	(177°, 97%, 91%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(83, 66, 185°)
Source	[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This is the color bright turquoise.

See also

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• List of colors

Notes

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1. ^ /ˈtɜːrk(w)ɔɪz/ TUR-k(w)oyz

References

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1. ^ Beale, Thomas W. (1973-10-01). "Early trade in highland Iran: A view from a source area". World Archaeology. 5 (2): 133–48. doi:10.1080/00438243.1973.9979561. ISSN 0043-8243.
2. ^ "Turquoise". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
3. ^ "Turquoise" (PDF). RRUFF Project, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
4. ^ Maerz and Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 206; Color Sample of Turquoise [green]: Page 73, Plate 25, Color Sample I5.
5. ^ Petersen, Andrew (21 June 1999). Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 121. ISBN 978-0415213325.
6. ^ Said, Farida M. (20 November 2012). "Tradition of the tile". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
7. ^ a b Maerz; Paul (1930). "Color Sample of Cyan: I". A Dictionary of Color. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. page 73, plate 25, sample K12. — 'Turquoise blue' is shown lying very close to Turquoise, but very slightly more bluish.

v t e Shades of cyan
Alice blue Aqua Aquamarine Azure Azure (web) Blue-green Capri Caribbean Current Celeste Cerulean                     Cyan (RGB) Dark cyan Electric blue Fluorescent cyan Jungle green Keppel Ice blue Light blue Light cyan Light sea green                     Midnight Green Mint green Mint Moonstone Myrtle Green Olo Pacific cyan Persian green Process Cyan Riptide                     Robin egg blue Sea green Skobeloff Sky blue (Crayola) Spring green Teal Tiffany Blue Turquoise Verdigris Vivid sky blue                     Zomp
A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

v t e Shades of blue
Alice blue Aqua Argentinian blue Azure Baby blue Berkeley blue Bice Bleu de France Blue (Munsell) Blue (NCS)                     Blue (Pantone) Blue-gray Blue-green Blue-violet Bondi blue Brandeis blue Byzantine blue Cambridge Blue Capri Carolina blue                     Celestial blue Celtic blue Cerulean Cobalt blue Columbia blue Cornflower blue Cyan Dark blue Deep sky blue Delft blue                     Dodger blue Duke blue Egyptian blue Electric blue Electric indigo Eton blue French blue Glaucous Haint blue Honolulu blue                     Horizon blue Indigo Indigo dye International Klein Blue Iris Jordy blue Lapis lazuli Lavender Lavender gray Lavender mist                     Light blue Light sky blue Majorelle Blue Marian blue Maya blue Medium blue Midnight blue Moroccan blue Navy blue Neon blue                     Non-photo blue Oxford Blue Palatinate blue Pale azure Penn Blue Periwinkle Persian blue Persian indigo Phthalo blue Picton blue                     Pigment blue Polynesian blue Powder blue Process blue Prussian blue RAF blue Resolution blue RISD Blue Royal blue Ruddy blue                     Sapphire Savoy blue Silver Lake blue Sky blue Smalt Space cadet Steel blue Tang blue Teal Turquoise                     USAF blue Ultramarine United Nations Blue U of T Blue Uranian blue Vista blue Yale Blue YInMn Blue Zaffre
Related topics: St. Patrick's blue Shades of cyan

v t e Shades of green
Apple green Aquamarine Asparagus Avocado Beige Blue-green Bottle green Bright green British racing green Brunswick green                     Cadmium green Cambridge blue Celadon Chartreuse Chartreuse (web) Cyan Dark green Dark spring green Emerald Erin                     Fern green Forest green Green earth Harlequin Honeydew Hooker's green Hungarian green Hunter green India green Islamic green                     Jade Jungle green Khaki Kelly green Lawn green Light blue Light green Lime Lime (web) Lincoln green                     Magic mint Malachite Mantis Marrs green Medium sea green Midnight green Mint Mint cream MSU green Myrtle                     Neon green Office green Olive Olive drab Olivine Olo Pakistan green Paris green Pear Persian green                     Pigment green Pine green Pistachio Phthalo green Reseda green Rifle green Robin egg blue Sage Sap green Sea green                     SGBUS green Shamrock green Spring bud Spring green Tea green Teal Turquoise Verdigris Viridian
A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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