Teal (color)
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| Hex triplet | #008080 | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (0, 128, 128) |
| Source | HTML/CSS[1] | |
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Teal also called teal blue is a medium to dark greenish blue color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
This color gets its name from the color surrounding the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family.[2]
The first recorded use of Teal as a color name in English was in 1917. [3]
In Windows 95, Windows 98 etc., teal is the standard background color.
Look up Teal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
- ^ Harper, Douglas (2001). Teal. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ 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
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| Alice blue | Aqua | Aquamarine | Baby blue | Bondi blue | Cerulean | Cyan | Pine green | Robin egg blue | Teal | Turquoise | Viridian | ||
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