Blue-green

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For the color that is not distinguished in various languages, see blue–green distinction in language. For the real estate company, see Bluegreen Corporation.
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**Blue-green** is the color that is between green and blue. It belongs to the **cyan family** of colors.

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## Variations

### Cyan (aqua)

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**Cyan**, also called aqua, 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.

### Turquoise

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The color **turquoise**, a representation of the color of the semi-precious stone turquoise.

The first recorded use of *turquoise* as a color name in English was in 1573.

The color "turquoise" is a light tone of blue-green.

### Green-blue

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

### Bondi Blue

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Bondi blue is a color belonging 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)

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

### Cerulean

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### Teal

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## In nature

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Bacteria
* Blue-green algae are a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.

Fish
* The blue green damselfish is a species of damselfish.

Lakes
* Glacial flour, powdered rock, can turn a lake to a blue-green color.

## In human culture

Linguistics
* In some languages, blue and green are considered a single color.

Religion
* 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.

Politics
* Variations of blue-green are the political colours (or one of the political colours) 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.

## References

1. ↑ Maerz and Paul *A Dictionary of Color* New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ Magaloni, Diana (2014). *The Colors of the New World: Artists, Materials, and the Creation of the Florentine Codex*. Los Angeles: The Getty Research Institute. p. 43. ISBN 978-1606063293.