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  2. Turquoise (color) - Wikipedia

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    Turquoise (/ ˈ t ɜːr k (w) ɔɪ z / TUR-k(w)oyz) is a cyan color, based on the mineral of the same name.The word turquoise dates to the 17th century and is derived from the French turquois, meaning 'Turkish', because the mineral was first brought to Europe through Turkey from mines in the historical Khorasan province of Iran (Persia) and Afghanistan today.

  3. How to Use a Color Wheel to Get Perfect Color Pairings Every Time

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    There's a reason interior designers swear by these color charts. Use this guide on how to use a color wheel for complementary colors in your next project.

  4. List of colors (alphabetical) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 December 2024. For other color lists, see Lists of colors. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "List of colors" alphabetical ...

  5. List of colors by shade - Wikipedia

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    Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.

  6. Shades of cyan - Wikipedia

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    At right is displayed the X11 color named turquoise. Turquoise is the name of a greenish blue color, based on the gem of the same name. The word turquoise comes from the French for Turkish, as the gem was originally imported from Turkey. [23] [24] The first recorded use of turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573. [25]

  7. Color wheel - Wikipedia

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    A color wheel or color circle [1] is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc. Some sources use the terms color wheel and color circle interchangeably; [ 2 ] [ 3 ] however, one term or the other may be more prevalent in ...

  8. Blue-green - Wikipedia

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    Cyan 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 ...

  9. Cyan - Wikipedia

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    Cyan (/ ˈ s aɪ. ə n,-æ n /) [1] [2] [3] is the color between blue and green on the visible spectrum of light. [4] [5] It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength between 500 and 520 nm, between the wavelengths of green and blue.