Blue-green

For the color that is not distinguished in various languages, see Distinguishing blue from green in language. For the real estate company, see Bluegreen Corporation. For the alliance between political parties, see blue-green alliance.
Blue-green
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0D98BA
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (13, 152, 186)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (93, 18, 0, 27)
HSV       (h, s, v) (192°, 93%, 72[1]%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
A traditional old-fashioned RYB color wheel

Blue-green is a color that is a representation of the color that is between blue and green on a typical traditional old-fashioned RYB color wheel.

Blue-green belongs to the cyan family of colors.

The source of this color is the List of Crayola crayon colors. Blue-green has been a Crayola crayon color since 1930.

Variations of blue-green

Cyan (aqua)

A modern RGB color wheel
Main article: Cyan
Cyan (Aqua)
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #00FFFF
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (0, 255, 255)
HSV       (h, s, v) (180°, 100%, 100[2]%)
Source X11
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

Main article: Turquoise (color)
A sample of turquoise
Turquoise
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #40E0D0
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (64, 224, 208)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (71, 0, 7, 12)
HSV       (h, s, v) (174°, 71%, 88[4]%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At right is displayed 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.

Ming

Ming
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #36747D
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (54, 116, 125)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (57, 7, 0, 51)
HSV       (h, s, v) (188°, 56%, 49%)
Source Xona.com Color List
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color Ming

This color was formulated in 2001 as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Pacific blue

Pacific Blue
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1CA9C9
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (28, 169, 201)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (86, 16, 0, 21)
HSV       (h, s, v) (191°, 86%, 79[6]%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color Pacific blue.

Pacific blue was formulated as a Crayola color in 1993.

The color is a representation of the waters of the Pacific.

Bondi blue

This article is about the color. For other uses, see Bondi (disambiguation).
An original 1998 Bondi blue Macintosh IMac G3

Bondi blue is a color belonging to the cyan family of blues. It is very similar to the Crayola crayon color blue-green.

Apple christened the color of the exterior of its original iMac G3 personal computer "Bondi blue" when it was introduced in 1998. The color is said to be named for the color of the water at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.

Green-blue

Green-Blue
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1164B4
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (17, 100, 180)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (91, 44, 0, 29)
HSV       (h, s, v) (209°, 90.6%, 70.6[7]%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Green-blue had been a Crayola color since 1958. It was continued as a Crayola crayon color until 1990.

Cerulean

Main article: 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.[8]

Teal

Teal
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #008080
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (0, 128, 128)
HSV       (h, s, v) (180°, 100%, 50[9]%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Main article: 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 (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]

Blue-green in nature

A lake colored blue-green by glacial flour
Bacteria
Fish
Lakes

Blue-green in human culture

Engineering
Linguistics
Politics
Religion

See also

References

  1. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #0D98BA (Blue-Green):
  2. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #00FFFF (Cyan (Aqua)):
  3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194
  4. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color 40E0D0 (Turquoise):
  5. 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
  6. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #1CA9C9 (Pacific Blue):
  7. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #1164B4 (Green-Blue):
  8. 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
  9. Web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #008080 (Teal):
  10. 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
  11. Blue Green Engineering Blue-Green Engineering:
  12. bluegreenalliance.org Bluegreen alliance:
  13. UTPA.edu, "La Virgen de Guadalupe", accessed 28 August 2011
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