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Encyclopedia > Turquoise (color)

Turquoise
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #30D5C8
RGBB (r, g, b) (48, 214, 200)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) (77, 0, 6, 16)
HSV (h, s, v) (175°, 77%, 84%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Turquoise is a mid-value color blend of blue and green. Although, it's been highly disputed, it is really a form of light green. Not light blue. Light blue is just a trick of the Government. A trick of the governemnt. To fool you. IT'S A TRICK OF THE GOVERNMENT I SAY! Sorry. My bad. I take medication for this. Okay. Back to the artical. It's the color of a valuable and popular mineral often turned into jewelry. The term comes from the French for "Turkish". Teal, blue-green, and aqua are similar colors. Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ... The RGB color model utilizes the additive model in which red, green and blue light are combined in various ways to create other colors. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Green is any of a number of similar colors. ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) CMYK (sometimes YMCK or CYM) is a subtractive color model used in color printing. ... Cyan is a pure spectral color, but the same hue can also be generated by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light. ... Magenta is a color that is not a spectral color: that is to say, the hue cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength. ... Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ... BLACK is a first-person shooter for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, developed by Criterion Software and published by Electronic Arts. ... The HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) model, also called HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness), defines a color space in terms of three constituent components: HSV color space as a color wheel Hue, the color type (such as red, blue, or yellow): Ranges from 0-360 (but normalized to 0-100% in some... e gradation of color; for the city in Vietnam, see Huế. A hue refers to the gradation of color within the optical spectrum, or visible spectrum, of light. ... Scale of saturation (0% at bottom). ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Green is any of a number of similar colors. ... Teal is a bluish-green color, darker than cyan and hence more greenish-looking (compare the colors yellow and olive). ... Aqua is an alternative name of cyan, used mostly by graphic designers and other computer-related professions. ...


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. In astrology, the color corresponds to the sign of Aquarius. 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. Holism (from holon, a Greek word meaning entity) is the idea that the properties of a system cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its components alone. ... A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. ... This article is about the medical condition. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called at various places and times, mental hospital, mental ward, asylum or sanitarium) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Astrology refers to any of several systems, traditions or beliefs in which knowledge of the apparent positions of celestial bodies is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing knowledge about human affairs and events on earth. ... Aquarius (Latin for the Water-bearer or Cup-bearer, symbol , Unicode ♒) is the eleventh sign of the zodiac, situated between Capricornus and Pisces. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on...


The stone/color represents the month December.


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turquoise: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (5347 words)
Turquoise is a secondary mineral, generally formed in arid regions by the interaction of surface waters with high-alumina igneous or sedimentary rocks.
Turquoise may have significance in Judeo-Christian scripture: In the Book of Exodus, the construction of a "breastplate of judgment" is described as part of the priestly vestments of Aaron (Exodus 28:15–30).
Richness of colour is the chief determiner of value in turquoise; generally speaking, the most desirable is a strong sky to "robin's egg" blue (in reference to the eggs of the American Robin); value decreases with the increase of green hue, lightening of colour, and mottling.
Native American Indian Jewelry and Turquoise Jewelry at Skystone Trading (4916 words)
Turquoise, especially, is known for its positive healing energy, an aid in mental functions, communication and expression and as a protector.
Turquoise stone is a hydrous basic phosphate of copper and aluminum which is formed as water trickles through a host stone for about 30 million years, gradually leaving a deposit.
Since turquoise is a mineral that is deposited by water solutions, turquoise can take the shape of cavities left when the stems and parts of fossil plants were dissolved out of harder rock or matrix and turquoise was left in its place.
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