Kandinsky Turquoise

Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. Born in Moscow, he began painting studies at the age of 30.

Turquoise

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone for millennia due to its hue.

Turquoise (color)

Turquoise is a cyan color, based on the mineral of the same name.

turquoise

Noun

1. A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
2. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

Adjective

1. Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
2. Having a pale greenish-blue colour.