Turquoise (color)

Turquoise
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#40E0D0
sRGBB (r, g, b)(64, 224, 208)
HSV (h, s, v)(174°, 71%, 88%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(81, 59, 179°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Turquoise (/ˈtɜːrk(w)ɔɪz/ 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.[1][2][3] The first recorded use of turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573.[4]

The X11 color named turquoise is displayed on the right.

  1. ^ Beale, Thomas W. (1973-10-01). "Early trade in highland Iran: A view from a source area". World Archaeology. 5 (2): 133–48. doi:10.1080/00438243.1973.9979561. ISSN 0043-8243.
  2. ^ Turquoise, Mindat.org, retrieved 2022-04-24
  3. ^ "Turquoise" (PDF). RRUFF Project, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  4. ^ Maerz and Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 206; Color Sample of Turquoise [green]: Page 73, Plate 25, Color Sample I5.