Turquoise (color) facts for kids
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Turquoise is the colour 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.
Tones of turquoise colour comparison chart
| Name | Colour | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum |
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| Pale Turquoise (web colour) | #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% |
Related pages
Images for kids
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The turquoise gemstone is the namesake for the color.
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A turquoise dome of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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A Toyota Celica GT Liftback shown in Bright Turquoise Metallic. Turquoise was a quite popular color for cars during the 1990s.
See also
In Spanish: Turquesa (color) para niños
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