Blue-green

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)

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);

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

Blue-green belongs to the cyan family of colors. When mixed (green and blue) it creates a bottle green-like color.

Variations

Cyan (aqua)

A modern RGB color wheel

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

A sample of 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.^[5]

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

Green-blue

Green-Blue

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#1164B4
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(17, 100, 180)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(91, 44, 0, 29)
HSV (h, s, v)	(209°, 90.6%, 70.6^[6]%)
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.

Blue Green (Munsell)

Blue Green (Munsell)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00A59C
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(0, 165, 156)
Source	Munsell Color Wheel
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

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#007BA7
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(0, 123, 167)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(100, 26, 0, 35)
HSV (h, s, v)	(196°, 100%, 65%)
Source	^[7]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Cerulean (RGB)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#003FFF
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(0, 63, 255)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(100, 75, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(225°, 100%, 100%)
Source	^[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(0, 128, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)	(180°, 100%, 50^[9]%)
Source	X11
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

A lake colored blue-green by glacial flour

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

Engineering

Blue-Green Engineering is a company that specializes in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The company's head office is located in Sydney, Australia.^[11]

Linguistics

In some languages, blue and green are considered a single color.

Politics

In United States politics, the Bluegreen Alliance and its subsidiary the Apollo Alliance is a political movement in which organized labor (blue-collar workers) and environmentalists (greens) are allied with each other to create green jobs by promoting activities such as alternative energy. (See Blue-green alliance#United States)^[12]

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.^[13]

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
↑ Blue Green Engineering Blue-Green Engineering:
↑ bluegreenalliance.org Bluegreen alliance:
↑ 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.

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[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 #1164B4 (Green-Blue):

[MaerzPaul1930C-7] 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.

[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] uegreenalliance.org Bluegreen alliance:

[13] 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.