Aquamarine (color) explained

Aquamarine
Hex:7FFFD4
Source:X11[1]
Isccname:Brilliant green
Aquamarine (RGB)
Hex:00FFC0
Isccname:Vivid green
Medium aquamarine
Hex:66CDAA
Source:X11
Isccname:Brilliant green

Aquamarine is a color that is a light tint of teal, in between cyan and green on the color wheel. It is named after the mineral aquamarine, a gemstone mainly found in granite rocks. The first recorded use of aquamarine as a color name in English was in 1598.[2]

See also

References

  1. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords
  2. Maerz, Aloys John, and Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 190; color sample of aquamarine: p. 93, plate 35, color sample I3. .

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