Shades of cyan

Short description: Varieties of the color cyan

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Cyan

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #00FFFF
Source| CSS Color Module Level 3[1]

The color cyan, a color between green and blue, has notable tints and shades. It is one of the subtractive primary colors along with magenta, and yellow.

The first recorded use of cyan blue as a color name was in 1879 ("cyan blue" being the name used for "cyan" in the 19th century).[2]

## Contents

* 1 Cyan in printing and the web colors cyan and aqua
* 1.1 Process cyan
* 1.2 The web color cyan (aqua)
* 2 Additional variations of cyan
* 2.1 Azure (web)
* 2.2 Blue-green
* 2.3 Caribbean Current
* 2.4 Celeste
* 2.5 Charleston green
* 2.6 Dark cyan
* 2.7 Electric blue
* 2.8 Keppel
* 2.9 Light cyan
* 2.10 Light sea green
* 2.11 Midnight green
* 2.12 Moonstone
* 2.13 Myrtle green
* 2.14 Peacock blue
* 2.15 Robin egg blue
* 2.16 Skobeloff
* 2.17 Sky blue (Crayola)
* 2.18 Teal
* 2.19 Technobotanica
* 2.20 Tiffany Blue
* 2.21 Turquoise
* 2.22 Verdigris
* 2.23 Zeal
* 2.24 Zomp
* 2.25 Zydeco
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Cyan in printing and the web colors cyan and aqua

### Process cyan

Cyan (subtractive primary)

Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the three subtractive primary colors used in printing.

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #00B7EB
Source| CMYK[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant greenish blue

In color printing, the shade of cyan called process cyan or pigment cyan is one of the three primary pigment colors which, along with yellow and magenta, constitute the three subtractive primary colors of pigment. (The secondary colors of pigment are blue, green and red.) As such, the CMYK printing process was invented in the 1890s, when newspapers began to publish color comic strips.

Process cyan is not an RGB color, and there is no fixed conversion from CMYK primaries to RGB. Different formulations are used for printer's ink, so there can be variations in the printed color that is pure cyan ink. A typical formulation of process cyan is shown in the color box adjacent. The source of the color shown adjacent is the color cyan that is shown in the diagram located at the bottom of the tintbooks for CMYK printing.[3]

### The web color cyan (aqua)

Cyan (additive secondary)

Red, green and blue lights, representing the three basic additive primary colors of the RGB color system, red, green, and blue. Cyan light is composed of equal amounts of green and blue light.

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #00FFFF
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant bluish green

The web color cyan, shown adjacent, is one of the three secondary colors in the RGB color model, used for creating all colors on a computer or television display by mixing various combinations of red, green and blue light. The X11 name for this color is cyan; the HTML name for the same color is aqua. They are both composed of the same mixture of blue and green light, and are exactly the same color.

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## Additional variations of cyan

### Azure (web)

Azure (web)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #F0FFFF
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Very pale green

In an artistic context, this color could also be called azure mist[4] or cyan mist. Despite its name, this color is a lighter shade of cyan rather than a shade of azure.

### Blue-green

Main article: Blue-green

Blue-green

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #0D98BA
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong greenish blue

Blue-green has been a Crayola color since 1930.

### Caribbean Current

Caribbean Current

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #006D6F
Source| Behr[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate bluish green

Displayed adjacent is the color Caribbean Current.

### Celeste

Celeste

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #B2FFFF
Source| Il dizionario dei colori[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Very light bluish green

Adjacent is displayed the color celeste.

Bleu celeste ("sky blue") is a rarely occurring tincture in heraldry (not being one of the seven main colors or metals or the three "staynard colors"). This tincture is sometimes also called ciel or simply celeste. It is depicted in a lighter shade than the range of shades of the more traditional tincture azure, which is the standard blue used in heraldry.[7] It has been used rarely since the 17th century,[8] gaining popularity after the First World War.

### Charleston green

Charleston green

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #232B2B
Source| Duron Paints[9]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Blackish green

Charleston green is an extremely dark shade of cyan. The name Charleston green originated after the American Civil War, approximately 1865, when during Reconstruction, it was widely used to paint homes in Charleston, South Carolina.

### Dark cyan

Dark cyan

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #008B8B
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong bluish green

Adjacent is displayed the web color dark cyan.

### Electric blue

Main article: Electric blue (color)

Electric blue

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #7DF9FF
Source| [Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant bluish green

Electric blue is a color close to cyan that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs; it is named after the ionized air glow produced during electrical discharges.

The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1884.[10]

### Keppel

Keppel

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #3AB09E
Source| Xona.com Color List[11]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant bluish green

Adjacent is displayed the color keppel.

The color name keppel has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.[12]

### Light cyan

Light cyan

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #E0FFFF
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Very pale green

Adjacent is displayed the web color light cyan.

### Light sea green

Light sea green

File:Gfp-florida-miami-blue-green-water.jpg
Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #20B2AA
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant bluish green

Adjacent is displayed the web color light sea green.

### Midnight green

Midnight green

File:Javon Hargrave, 2020.jpg

Philadelphia Eagles player wearing the midnight-green uniform

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #004C54
Source| Colorhexa,[13] the Philadelphia Eagles 2017 Media Guide[14]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark bluish green

Midnight green (sometimes also called Eagle green) is a dark cyan.[15]

It has been the primary team color for the National Football League team Philadelphia Eagles since 1996.[16][17]

### Moonstone

Moonstone

A moonstone

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #3AA8C1
Source| Crayola

Displayed adjacent is the color moonstone.

It was formulated by Crayola in 1994 as part of their Gem Tones range of crayons. It is a slightly dark shade of cyan that is reminiscent of the bluish-green glow of some moonstones.

### Myrtle green

Myrtle green

File:Myrtle wattle (7157893964).jpg

Acacia myrtifolia

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #317873
Source| ISCC-NBS[18]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate bluish green

Myrtle green, also called myrtle, is a color which is a representation of the color of the leaves of the myrtle plant.

The first recorded use of myrtle green as a color name in English was in 1835.[19]

Myrtle is the official designation of the green stripes on Waterloo rugby club's shirts, the green of Hunslet rugby league club, the green (along with the cardinal red) stripes of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the green of the blazers, sports kit and scarf of St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow. It is also one of the school colors of Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago, the other being old gold.

The baggy green, the cricket cap worn by Australian Test cricketers since around the turn of the 20th century, is myrtle green in color.

### Peacock blue

Peacock blue

File:Lightmatter peacock.jpg

Peacock (Pavo cristatus)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #004958
Source| NBS/ISCC – Plochere Color System
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark greenish blue

The color peacock blue is a deep greenish blue, from the iridescent color of a peacock. As a color between blue and cyan, peacock blue has been used as the process-blue ink in four-color printing.[20]

Kelly Moore Paint's "color of the year" for 2019 was their peacock blue.[21]

### Robin egg blue

Main article: Robin egg blue

Robin egg blue

A set of three Robin eggs in a nest

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #00CCCC
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant bluish green

The color robin egg blue is displayed adjacent.

The first recorded use of robin's egg blue as a color name in English was in 1873.[22]

### Skobeloff

Skobeloff

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #007474
Source| ISCC-NBS[23]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate bluish green

Adjacent is displayed the color Skobeloff green.

The first recorded use of Skobeloff green as a color name in English was in 1912.[24]

### Sky blue (Crayola)

Sky blue (Crayola)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #80DAEB
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Very light greenish blue

Displayed at adjacent is the color medium sky blue. This is the color that is called sky blue in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1958. "Sky blue" appears in the 32, 48, 64, 96 and 120 packs of crayons.

### Teal

Main article: Teal

Teal

Eurasian teal

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #008080
Source| HTML/CSS[25]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate bluish green

Adjacent is displayed the web color teal. The first recorded use of teal as a color name in English was in 1917.[26]

### Technobotanica

Technobotanica

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #00FFBF
Source| ColorSite.com[27]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid green

Displayed adjacent is the color technobotanica.

Technobotanica is one of the quaternary colors on the RGB color wheel, being halfway between spring green and cyan.

### Tiffany Blue

Main article: Tiffany Blue

Tiffany Blue

A pair of Tiffany & Co. boxes showing the distinct shade of cyan

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #81D8D0
Source| press.tiffany.com[28]Tiffany.com[not specific enough to verify]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Very light bluish green

Tiffany Blue is the colloquial name for the light medium robin egg blue color associated with Tiffany & Co., the New York City jewelry company. The color was used on the cover of Tiffany's Blue Book, first published in 1845.[29] Since then, Tiffany & Co. has used the color extensively on promotional materials, including boxes and bags. The Tiffany Blue color is protected as a color trademark by Tiffany & Co. in some jurisdictions (including the U.S.).[30][31]

### Turquoise

Main article: Turquoise (color)

Turquoise

File:Turquoise (Blue Moon Mine, Candelaria Hills, west of Tonopah, Nevada, USA) 3.jpg

Polished turquoise stone

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #40E0D0
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant bluish green

Adjacent 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.[32][33]

The first recorded use of turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573.[34] Perhaps owing to sharing its name with a mineral, turquoise is currently a more common term in English than other cyan-like colors.[35]

### Verdigris

Main article: Verdigris

Verdigris

Verdigris

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #43B3AE
Source| https://encycolorpedia.com/43b3ae
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant bluish green

Verdigris is the common name for a green pigment obtained through the application of acetic acid to copper plates[36] or the natural patina formed when copper, brass or bronze is weathered and exposed to air or seawater over a period of time. The name verdigris comes from the Middle English vertegrez, from the Old French verte grez, an alteration of vert-de-Grèce ("green of Greece"). Used as a pigment in paintings and other art objects (as green color) since ancient Greece, it was originally made by hanging copper plates over hot vinegar in a sealed pot until a green crust formed on the copper. The vivid green color of copper(II) acetate made this form of verdigris a much used pigment. Until the 19th century, verdigris was the most vibrant green pigment available and was frequently used in painting. Verdigris was sometimes used to illustrate cyan colors in early color wheels.[37]

### Zeal

Zeal

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #91E0B7
Source| Resene[38]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Very light green

Displayed adjacent is the color zeal.

Zeal is one of the colors on the Resene Color List.

### Zomp

Zomp

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #39A78D
Source| Resene[39]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Brilliant green

Displayed adjacent is the color zomp.

Zomp is one of the colors on the Resene Color List.

### Zydeco

Zydeco

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #20483F
Source| Resene[40]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark bluish green

Displayed adjacent is the color zydeco.

Zydeco is one of the colors on the Resene Color List.

## See also

* Blue–green distinction in language
* Lists of colors
* Shades of magenta
* Shades of yellow

## References

1. ↑ "CSS Color Module Level 3". http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color.
2. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill page 194
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tintbooks - Get Accurate CMYK Color Results For Your Printing Projects". March 18, 2007. http://www.tintbook.com/index.htm.
4. ↑ "#f0ffff - Azure Mist - colornames.org". https://colornames.org/color/f0ffff.
5. ↑ "P460-7 CARIBBEAN CURRENT | Behr Paint Colors". https://www.behr.com/consumer/ColorDetailView/P460-7.
6. ↑ S. Fantetti; C. Petracchi (2001). Il dizionario dei colori: nomi e valori in quadricromia. Bologna: Zanichelli. ISBN 88-08-07995-3.
7. ↑ Scott-Giles, C. W. (1958). Boutell's Heraldry (rev. ed.). London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co.
8. ↑ Modar Neznanich. "Creating a heraldic device". http://www.modaruniversity.org/Newcomer-Packet-11-Heraldry.pdf.
9. ↑ "Duron Paints & Wallcoverings: Duron Color Palettes". March 12, 2014. http://www.duron.com/builders/color/color_palettes.asp?id=4.
10. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.194; Color Sample of Electric Blue [fabric 1890s]: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample I7
11. ↑ "Xona Games - Color List". https://xona.com/misc/colorlist/.
12. ↑ Xona.com Color List.
13. ↑ "#004953 Color Information". https://www.colorhexa.com/004953.
14. ↑ "Team Information". 2017 Philadelphia Eagles Media Guide. NFL Enterprises, LLC. September 26, 2017. http://prod.static.eagles.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/Philadelphia-Eagles-Media-Guide.pdf.
15. ↑ "Midnight Green Eagle Green". http://www.arteqo.com/en/guide/color/midnight-green-eagle-green/.
16. ↑ Benjamin, Cody (March 20, 2018). "Why do the Eagles' green jerseys look so different than they did a few years ago?". SB Nation. https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2018/3/20/17142820/eagles-green-jerseys-look-different-than-they-did-a-few-years-ago-kelly-midnight-philadelphia-nfl.
17. ↑ "National Football League: Franchise Records (1920 through present)". November 21, 2017. http://www.trucolor.net/portfolio/national-football-league-franchise-records-1920-through-present/.
18. ↑ Color sample #164 on the ISCC-NBS color list is that tone of myrtle green which matches the color sample of myrtle green in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul (see color sample of Myrtle Green on Page 85 Plate 31 Color Sample L1).
19. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Myrtle Green: Page 85 Plate 31 Color Sample L1
20. ↑ St. John, Eugene (February 1924). "Some Practical Hints on Presswork". The Inland Printer 72 (5): 805. https://books.google.com/books?id=nxUhAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA805. Retrieved 5 June 2021. "While process yellow may be considered lemon yellow, process red, carmine lake, three-color process blue, Prussian blue, and four-color process blue, peacock blue, many variations are encountered in practice; ...".
21. ↑ "A Classic Choice: Kelly-Moore Paints Names "Peacock Blue" Its 2019 Color of the Year". Kelly-Moore Paints. https://kellymoore.com/news/2018/a-classic-choice-kelly-moore-paints-names-peacock-blue-its-2019-color-of-the-year/.
22. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Robin's Egg Blue Page 77 Plate 27 Color Sample H3
23. ↑ "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Sa through Sz". September 13, 2017. http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-s.htm.
24. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Skobeloff: Page 73 Plate 25 Color Sample K9
25. ↑ W3.org, W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
26. ↑ 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
27. ↑ "テクノボタニカ(Technobotanica)｜カラーサイト.com". https://www.color-site.com/names/1294.
28. ↑ "Tiffany Blue". http://press.tiffany.com/ViewBackgrounder.aspx?backgrounderId=6.
29. ↑ "Tiffany Blue". http://press.tiffany.com/ViewBackgrounder.aspx?backgrounderId=6.
30. ↑ Hamilton, William L. (January 10, 2002). "Seeing The Future In All Its Hues". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/10/garden/seeing-the-future-in-all-its-hues.html.
31. ↑ "Brief of Amicus Curiae Tiffany (NJ) LLC (2011, p. 8-9)". https://www.scribd.com/doc/70510963/Tiff-Any.
32. ↑ "Turquoise:turquoise mineral information and data". mindat.org. http://www.mindat.org/min-4060.html.
33. ↑ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/turquoise.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
34. ↑ 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
35. ↑ "Google Books Ngram Viewer". https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=aqua,turquoise,teal,aquamarine,cyan,green-blue,blue-green,cerulean,verdigris,celeste,viridian,sky+blue&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4;,aqua;,c0;,s0;;aqua;,c0;;Aqua;,c0;;AQUA;,c0;.t4;,turquoise;,c0;,s0;;turquoise;,c0;;Turquoise;,c0;;TURQUOISE;,c0;.t4;,teal;,c0;,s0;;teal;,c0;;Teal;,c0;;TEAL;,c0;.t4;,aquamarine;,c0;,s0;;aquamarine;,c0;;Aquamarine;,c0;;AQUAMARINE;,c0;.t4;,cyan;,c0;,s0;;cyan;,c0;;Cyan;,c0;;CYAN;,c0;.t4;,green+-+blue;,c0;,s0;;green+-+blue;,c0;;Green+-+blue;,c0;;Green+-+Blue;,c0;.t4;,blue+-+green;,c0;,s0;;blue+-+green;,c0;;Blue+-+green;,c0;;Blue+-+Green;,c0;.t4;,cerulean;,c0;,s0;;cerulean;,c0;;Cerulean;,c0;;CERULEAN;,c0;.t4;,verdigris;,c0;,s0;;verdigris;,c0;;Verdigris;,c0;;VERDIGRIS;,c0;.t4;,celeste;,c0;,s0;;Celeste;,c0;;celeste;,c0;;CELESTE;,c0;.t4;,viridian;,c0;,s0;;viridian;,c0;;Viridian;,c0;;VIRIDIAN;,c0;.t4;,sky+blue;,c0;,s0;;sky+blue;,c0;;Sky+Blue;,c0;;Sky+blue;,c0;;SKY+BLUE;,c0.
36. ↑ "Verdigris" Oxford English Dictionary
37. ↑ https://archive.org/details/principlesscien00bensgoog Principles in the Science of Colour Concisely Stated by William Benson, 1868
38. ↑ "Colour Swatch". https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/preview.php?chart=Resene The Range 2011/12&brand=Resene&name=Zeal.
39. ↑ "Colour Swatch". https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/preview.php?chart=Resene+The+Range+2007&brand=Resene&name=Zomp.
40. ↑ "Colour Swatch". https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/preview.php?chart=Resene The Range 2005&brand=Resene&name=Zydeco.

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Shades of cyan

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Mint| Pacific blue| Persian green| Pine green| Powder blue| Robin egg blue| Sea green| Skobeloff| Sky blue| Spring green
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Tiffany Blue| Teal| Turquoise| Turquoise blue| Verdigris| Vivid sky blue
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Shades of green

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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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