Turquoise (color)

This box shows the color turquoise.

The water of Havasu creek is turquoise because it has a lot lime in it from the sedimentary rock it runs through.

Turquoise is the color of the gem turquoise. It is a slightly greenish shade of cyan. Turquoise is sometimes described as a mixture of pale blue and green. The name comes from the French word for Turkish.

The turquoise gemstone is the namesake of the color.

Meaning of turquoise

• People who practise holistic medicine say that turquoise has a calming effect on patients. They use this color 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.

• "The Turquoise" is slang for the waters of the Caribbean. In the sunlight these waters look turquoise because they are shallow.

• The color and gem stone represent Sagittarius.

Tones of turquoise color comparison chart

Name	Color	HEX Code	Red	Green	Blue	Hue	Sat	Lum
Pale Turquoise (web color)		#AFEEEE	175	238	238	180°	65%	81%
Turquoise Blue		#00FFEF	0	255	239	176°	100%	50%
Bright Turquoise		#08E8DE	8	232	222	177°	93%	47%
Turquoise(web color)		#40E0D0	64	224	208	174°	72%	56%
Medium Turquoise (web color)		#48D1CC	72	209	204	178°	60%	55%
Deep Turquoise (web color Dark Turquoise)		#00CED1	0	206	209	181°	100%	41%

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