Turquoise (color)
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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.
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° | 26% | 93% | |
| Light Turquoise | #AFE4DE | 175 | 228 | 222 | 173° | 50% | 79% | |
| 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° | 71% | 88% | |
| Medium Turquoise (web color) | #48D1CC | 72 | 209 | 204 | 178° | 66% | 82% | |
| Dark Turquoise (web color) | #00CED1 | 0 | 206 | 209 | 181° | 100% | 82% | |
| Deep Turquoise | #00DED1 | 0 | 206 | 209 | 176° | 100% | 87% |
Turquoise (color) Media
A turquoise dome of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
