Blue-green explained

Blue-green
Hex:	008080
Source:	RGB/HTML color model
Cmyk:	(100, 0, 0, 50)

Blue-green is the color between blue and green. It belongs to the cyan family.

Variations

Cyan

See main article: Cyan.

Cyan (Aqua)
Hex:	00FFFF
Source:	X11
Isccname:	Brilliant bluish green

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, RGB color space has a much larger color gamut than RYB color space.

The first recorded use of cyan as a color name in English was in 1879.^[1]

Turquoise

See main article: Turquoise (color).

Turquoise
Hex:	40E0D0
Source:	X11
Isccname:	Brilliant bluish green

The color turquoise is that of the semi-precious stone turquoise, which is a light tone of blue-green.

Its first recorded use as a color name in English is from 1573.^[2]

Green-blue

Green-blue
Hex:	1164B4
Source:	Crayola
Isccname:	Strong blue

Green-blue is a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Bondi blue

Textcolor:	white
Bondi blue
Hex:	0095B6
R:	0
G:	149
B:	182
C:	100
M:	18
Y:	0
K:	29
H:	191
S:	100
V:	71
Source:	Crayola

Bondi blue belongs to the cyan family of blues. It is very similar to the Crayola crayon color "blue-green".

Apple, Inc. christened the color of the back of the original iMac computer "Bondi blue" when it was introduced in 1998. It is said to be named for the color of the water at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia.

Blue green (Munsell)

Blue green (Munsell)
Hex:	00A59C
Source:	Munsell Color Wheel
Isccname:	Brilliant bluish green

One definition of the color is in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5BG) although there is wide-spread acceptance and knowledge of the color from the so called blue-green algae which have been recognised and described since the 18th century and probably before that.

Cerulean

Cerulean
Hex:	007BA7
Source:	^[3]
Isccname:	Strong greenish blue

Cerulean (RGB)
Hex:	003FFF
Isccname:	Vivid blue

Teal

Teal
Hex:	008080
Isccname:	Moderate bluish green

In nature

Blue-green algae are a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
The blue green damselfish is a species of damselfish.
Glacial flour, powdered rock, can turn a lake to a blue-green color.

In culture

In some languages, blue and green are considered a single color.
In the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe, she is often depicted as wearing a blue-green colored robe. The color is significant to the Mexicas because of the Aztec religion. Also, Blue-green is known as Maya blue in pre-Columbian cultures. In the Nahuatl culture blue represents the center of fire and tonalli. Also sometimes the blue color is diluted so it appears as a turquoise on manuscripts. The color is often used for the representation of Aztec rulers and European kings.^[4]
Variations of blue-green are the political colors (or one of the political colors) of various political parties, including:
- New Right (Denmark)
- DENK (The Netherlands)
- Brexit Party/Reform UK (United Kingdom)
- People-Animals-Nature (Portugal)
- Justice Party (United States)
In Australia, a loosely-aligned group of independent and minor party candidates that ran in the 2022 Australian federal election were called teal independents for their blend of green and blue (Liberal) politics.

Notes and References

Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194
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
Book: Maerz. Aloys John . Paul. M. Rea . A Dictionary of Color. 1930. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 190; Colour Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Colour Sample E6.
Book: Magaloni, Diana. The Colors of the New World: Artists, Materials, and the Creation of the Florentine Codex. The Getty Research Institute. 2014. 978-1606063293. Los Angeles. 43.