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.

Variations

Cyan (aqua)

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.

Turquoise

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.
The color "turquoise" is a light tone of blue-green.

Green-blue

Green-blue was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Blue green (Munsell)

One definition of the color is in the Munsell color system 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 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.

Teal

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 that is exactly halfway between white and black.
The first recorded use of teal as a color name in English was in 1917.

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