Teal

Teal is a dark cyan color. Its name comes from that of a bird, the Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) which has a similarly colored stripe on its head. The word is often used colloquially to refer to shades of cyan in general.

It can be created by mixing cyan into a green base, or deepened as needed with black or gray.[1] It is also one of the first group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors. In the RGB model used to create colors on computer screens and televisions, teal is created by reducing the brightness of cyan to about one half.

In North America, teal became a fad color during the 1990s, with many sports teams adopting it for their uniforms.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Variations
* 2.1 Teal blue
* 2.2 Teal green
* 2.3 Deep sea green
* 3 In culture
* 4 Nature
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Etymology

The first recorded use of teal as a color name in English was in 1917.[4] The term teal (referring to a species of duck) is derived from the Middle English tele, a word akin to the Dutch taling and the Middle Low German telink.[5]

## Variations

### Teal blue

Teal blue

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #367588
Source| Kelly & Judd (1976)[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate greenish blue

Teal blue is a medium tone of teal with more blue. The first recorded use of teal blue as a colour name in English was in 1927.[4]: p. 101, plate 39, color sample L6

The source of this colour is the Plochere Color System, a colour system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. Teal was subsequently a heavily used colour in the 1950s and 1960s.[7]

Teal blue is also the name of a Crayola crayon colour (colour #113) from 1990 to 2003.

### Teal green

Teal green

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #264B56
Source| Kelly & Judd (1976)[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate greenish blue

Teal green is a darker shade of teal with more green. It is a variable color averaging a dark bluish-green that is green, darker, and stronger than invisible green or pine tree.[8]

Teal green is most closely related to the Crayola crayon color Deep Space Sparkle.

### Deep sea green

Deep sea green

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #255456
Source| Benjamin Moore[9]

Deep sea green is one of the paint colours manufactured and marketed by American paint company Benjamin Moore.[10]

## In culture

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Aviation
TEAL is the acronym for Tasman Empire Airways Limited, the forerunner of Air New Zealand, who used teal as their airline's signature color; it appeared not just on plane livery but promotional material and airline bags. When New Zealanders refer to ‘teal green,’ they are more likely referring to the airline color than the bird's color.

Rapid transit
Teal is the official color of Kochi Metro, the rapid transit system serving the city of Kochi in India.

Flags

* The flag of Mozambique contains a greenish-teal horizontal stripe.
* The teal stripe in the flag of Sri Lanka represents Sri Lankan Muslims.[11]

Business
A Teal organisation is an emerging organisational paradigm.

Military
Armies that used feldgrau, cadet gray and similar shades of grayish green for field uniforms in the late 19th and early 20th century commonly used more saturated color for officers, often tending on teal. The armed forces of the Netherlands used teal field uniforms up to the 2nd World War.[12] Some of the modern parade uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces are also teal, though named "wave-green" in the service.[13]

Sports

* Teal is the jersey color of the Belfast Giants. The color was chosen to be a neutral color in the often heated sporting environments of Belfast. The Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL also feature teal in their team colors. Teal is also worn by the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA. The Detroit Pistons also wore teal as part of their uniforms from the 1996-97 to 2000-01 seasons.
* The Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL use teal as one of their primary colors. The Miami Dolphins use a variation called Aqua as their primary color. The Philadelphia Eagles also use a variation called Midnight Green.
* Two teams in Major League Baseball use the color teal. The Seattle Mariners use a variant known as "Northwest Green" as one of their primary colors while the Arizona Diamondbacks use teal as an alternate color.
* In the National Hockey League, the San Jose Sharks use a variation called Deep Pacific Teal as their primary color. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim used a variation of teal known as Jade as a primary color until 2006 when the team was rebranded to the Anaheim Ducks. The color is still used today on the team's alternate uniform.
* The Penrith Panthers of the NRL used in the early 2000s teal as a secondary color.
* The Griquas of the Currie Cup use teal as primary color (although is officially defined peacock blue).

Foods
Gummy bears are commonly teal.

Social & political
Represents intersectionality of those who reflect on equality and social justice for all marginalized groups and misunderstood groups such as women, LGBTQ+, people of color, the homeless, persons with mental illness (eg, PTSD, depression), the poor and other groups that go under represented and/or devalued in the US.

Computing

* Windows 95 featured a teal-colored default wallpaper.[14]
* Heroes of Might and Magic III featured a teal-colored party.

Film

* The "orange and teal look" is a trend in 21st-century filmmaking, in which scenes are color graded to emphasize these two complementary colors.[15]

TV series

* Perry the Platypus, one of the main characters in the TV series Phineas and Ferb, is teal.
* Ash Ketchum, the main character on Pokémon, wore a dark teal t-shirt during the earlier seasons.
* Martha Jones, a companion of the Tenth Doctor Who, wore a teal t-shirt on her debut Smith and Jones.
* The wives of Commanders in The Handmaid's Tale wear teal.
* In Our Flag Means Death, when asked their favourite color, the character Jim Jimenez replies “teal”.
* Characters in the South Korean television series Squid Game wear teal tracksuits as their game uniform.[16]

Religion
The Hermit Intercessors of the Lamb, a Christian contemplation group in the state of Nebraska, wears habits with a teal scapular to symbolize intercession between heaven (blue) and earth. Originally organised as a Roman Catholic association, it was suppressed in 2010 by the Archbishop of Omaha, who directed members to cease wearing the scapular in Church activities.

Politics
In Australia, the color teal, and the term "teal independents", have become associated with a group of independent candidates in the 2022 Australian federal election who campaigned on a platform highlighting the importance of climate change action, tackling corruption in politics, and gender equality.[17][18] These candidates are largely supported by Climate 200 and are often referred to by the media as 'teals' because that color is a blend of the blue of the Liberal Party and a green signifying green politics.[19]
Art history
Green pigments for paints and fabric dyes were difficult to obtain from nature in the past, thus they were rarely employed in clothes or heraldic emblems. While green may have been blended with blue and yellow paints, mixing dissimilar substances was frowned upon due to suspicion of alchemy. Only during the early Renaissance did the superstitious custom fade away, and in the late eighteenth century, the German Swedish scientist Carl Wilhelm Scheele found new copper greens.[20]

Issue awareness
Teal is the color of ovarian cancer awareness. Ovarian cancer survivors and supporters may wear teal ribbons, bracelets, T-shirts, and hats to bring public attention to the disease.[21][22]

Academia
Teal, along with Bronze, is the school color for Coastal Carolina University.[23]

## Nature

Insects: Some dragonflies are cyan or teal.

## See also

* Lists of colors

## References

1. ↑ "What color is teal? What colors go with teal?". 2013-05-22. http://www.paintinganddecoratingconcourse.com/Paint-Color/Teal-Paint-Color.html.
2. ↑ "Laughing in the purple rain". 29 April 2016. http://www.espn.com/Columnists/story/_/id/15425976/uni-watch-friday-flashback-sports-world-obsession-purple-teal.
3. ↑ "A closer look at the uniforms and logos of the 90s". 14 July 2014. https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/537646-a-closer-look-at-the-uniforms-and-logos-of-the-90s.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, M. Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. pp. 205 (text), 101 (teal color sample). Plate 39 color sample L7 (on p. 101).
5. ↑ Norman, Teresa (2003). A World of Baby Names. Perigee. p. 145. ISBN 0-399-52894-6. https://archive.org/details/worldofbabynames00norm_1. "teal is used in."
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kelly, Kenneth L.; Judd, Deanne B. (December 1976). ﻿Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names﻿ (Report). Special Publications. 440. U.S. National Bureau of Standards. http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all.
7. ↑ ﻿Plochere Color System﻿ (Report). U.S. National Bureau of Standards. 2008-10-04. NBS/ISCC P. http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
8. ↑ "Teal green". Teal green. Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teal green. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
9. ↑ "Benjamin Moore Deep Sea Green (735) Paint color codes, similar paints and palettes - colorxs.com". https://www.colorxs.com/color/deep-sea-green-735.
10. ↑ "Deep Sea Green 735 | Benjamin Moore" (in en-us). https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/735/www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/735/deep-sea-green.
11. ↑ "The Sri Lankan National Flag". https://www.sundaytimes.lk/180204/funday-times/the-sri-lankan-national-flag-279417.html.
12. ↑ Rathbone, Tod. "Royal Netherlands Army Air". Rathbone Museum. http://www.rathbonemuseum.com/NETHERLANDS/NTLArtLt/NTLArtLt.html.
13. ↑ "Форма одежды в ВС РФ". Russian Armed Forces. https://recrut.mil.ru/career/uniform.htm.
14. ↑ "What are the 10 best desktop wallpapers ever?" (in en). 2007-05-02. https://www.cnet.com/news/what-are-the-10-best-desktop-wallpapers-ever/.
15. ↑ van Hurkman, Alexis (2013). Color Correction Look Book.
16. ↑ Friedman, Vanessa (2021-10-12). "'Squid Game' Has Made Tracksuits Hot" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/fashion/squid-game-track-suits.html.
17. ↑ Hawley, Sam; Smiley, Stephen (20 April 2022). "Who are the 'teal independents'? Your questions answered about the candidates fighting for some of Australia's wealthiest electorates". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-20/teal-independents-who-are-candidates-what-electorates/101000412.
18. ↑ Butler, Josh (27 April 2022). "The rise of the teal independents and the battle for Wentworth". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2022/apr/27/the-rise-of-the-teal-independents-and-the-battle-for-wentworth.
19. ↑ Long, Claudia (4 May 2025). "The independents in the 2025 election, their electorate, and what they stand for". ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/independent-mp-parliament-politics-teal-federal-election-2025/104990946.
20. ↑ "Color teal: Meaning and how to use it in branding". https://mojomox.com/color-teal#color-teal-meaning.
21. ↑ "Ovarian Cancer National Alliance – We work to save women's lives". http://ovariancancer.org.
22. ↑ "Cancer screening". https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series2/genealogy_ovarian_cancer_screening_video_diary.shtml.
23. ↑ "Visual Standards - Coastal Carolina University". https://www.coastal.edu/universitycommunication/brandstandards/visualstandards/.

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