Blue-green
Blue-green is a representation of the color that is between green and blue on a typical traditional RYB color wheel. It belongs to the cyan family of colors.
Blue-green | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #0D98BA |
HSV (h, s, v) | (192°, 93%, 72[1]%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (13, 152, 186) |
Source | Crayola |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong greenish blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Variations
Cyan (aqua)
Cyan (Aqua) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00FFFF |
HSV (h, s, v) | (180°, 100%, 100[2]%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 255) |
Source | X11 |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant bluish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Cyan, also called aqua, is the blue-green color that is between blue and green on a modern RGB color wheel.
The modern RGB color wheel replaced the traditional old-fashioned RYB color wheel because it is possible to display much brighter and more saturated colors using the primary and secondary colors of the RGB color wheel. In the terminology of color theory, RGB color space has a much larger color gamut than RYB color space.
The first recorded use of cyan as a color name in English was in 1879.[3]
Turquoise
Turquoise | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #40E0D0 |
HSV (h, s, v) | (174°, 71%, 88[4]%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (64, 224, 208) |
Source | X11 |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant bluish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
The color turquoise, a representation of the color of the semi-precious stone turquoise.
The first recorded use of turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573.[5]
The color "turquoise" is a light tone of blue-green.
Green-blue
Green-blue | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #1164B4 |
HSV (h, s, v) | (209°, 90.6%, 70.6[6]%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (17, 100, 180) |
Source | Crayola |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Green-blue was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.
Blue green (Munsell)
Blue green (Munsell) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00A59C |
HSV (h, s, v) | (177°, 100%, 65%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 165, 156) |
Source | Munsell Color Wheel |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant bluish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
One definition of the color is in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5BG) although there is wide-spread acceptance and knowledge of the colour from the so called blue-green algae which have been recognised and described since the 18th century and probably before that.
Cerulean
Cerulean | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #007BA7 |
HSV (h, s, v) | (196°, 100%, 65%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 123, 167) |
Source | [7] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong greenish blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Cerulean (RGB) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #003FFF |
HSV (h, s, v) | (225°, 100%, 100%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 63, 255) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Cerulean is a medium blue-green color that is used to represent or symbolize either the sky or the ocean.
The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in 1590.[8]
Teal
Teal | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #008080 |
HSV (h, s, v) | (180°, 100%, 50[9]%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 128, 128) |
Source | X11 |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate bluish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Teal is a medium blue-green color. It is named after the common teal, a member of the duck family, whose eyes are surrounded by the color.
The color teal has a hue that is exactly halfway between blue and green and a value (brightness) that is exactly halfway between white and black.
The first recorded use of teal as a color name in English was in 1917.[10]
In nature
- Bacteria
- Blue-green algae are a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
- Fish
- The blue green damselfish is a species of damselfish.
- Lakes
- Glacial flour, powdered rock, can turn a lake to a blue-green color.
In human culture
- Linguistics
- In some languages, blue and green are considered a single color.
- Religion
- In the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe, she is often depicted as wearing a blue-green colored robe. The color is significant to the Mexicas because in the Aztec religion. Also, Blue-green is known as Maya blue in pre-Columbian cultures. In the Nahuatl culture blue represents the center of fire and tonalli. Also sometimes the blue color is diluted so it appears as a turquoise on manuscripts. The color is often used for the representation of Aztec rulers and European kings.[11]
See also
- List of colors
References
- web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #0D98BA (Blue-Green):
- web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #00FFFF (Cyan (Aqua)):
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194
- web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color 40E0D0 (Turquoise):
- 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
- web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #1164B4 (Green-Blue):
- Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, M. Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 190; Colour Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Colour Sample E6.
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Color Sample E6
- Web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #008080 (Teal):
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; color sample of Teal: Page 101 Plate 39 Color Sample L7
- Magaloni, Diana (2014). The Colors of the New World: Artists, Materials, and the Creation of the Florentine Codex. Los Angeles: The Getty Research Institute. p. 43. ISBN 978-1606063293.