The water of Havasu creek is turquoise due to high concentrations of dissolved lime picked up as it runs through sedimentary rock.

Turquoise is a slightly greenish shade of cyan. The color is based on the gem turquoise. The term comes from the French for Turkish.

Turquoise gemstones

The turquoise gemstone is the namesake for the color.

Main article: Turquoise

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.

Turquoise

Turquoise
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#40E0D0
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(64, 224, 208)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color turquoise.

The first recorded use of Turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573. ¹

Variations of Turquoise

Pale Turquoise

Pale Turquoise
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#AFEEEE
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(175, 238, 238)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(175°, 84%, 94%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color pale turquoise.

Bright Turquoise

Bright Turquoise
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#08E8DE
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(8, 232, 222)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(177°, 97%, 91%)
Source		Unsourced
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color bright turquoise.

Medium Turquoise

Medium Turquoise
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#48D1CC
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(72, 209, 204)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(175°, 55%, 50%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color medium turquoise.

Dark Turquoise

Dark Turquoise
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#00CED1
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(0, 206, 209)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(175°, 40%, 94%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color dark turquoise.

Shades of turquoise color comparison chart

• Pale Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #AFEEEE) (RGB: 175, 238, 238)
• Bright Turquoise (Hex: #08E8DE) (RGB: 8, 232, 222)
• TURQUOISE (web color) (Hex: #40E0D0) (RGB: 64, 224, 208)
• Medium Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #48D1CC) (RGB: 72, 209, 204)
• Dark Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #00CED1) (RGB: 0, 206, 209)

Turquoise in human culture

The mosque with turquoise domes in Bukhara

Astrology

• The gemstone turquoise represents the sign Sagittarius.

Color mixing

• Turquoise is sometimes described as a mixture of pale blue and green.

Geography

• In slang form, the phrase "The Turquoise" refers to the waters of the Caribbean, which are shallow and therefore take on the color in sunlight.

Medicine

• In holistic medicine, the color turquoise purportedly has a calming effect on patients, and is particularly used 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. Turquoise is perceived by most people as the coldest of all colors^{citation needed}.

References

1. ^ 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

See also

• List of colors