Color Names

Taos Turquoise

Southwestern turquoise, the stone that New Mexico rivers once polished.

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Taos Turquoise is a rich teal.

It can be described as rich, full, medium and cold.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Taos Turquoise

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.

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Turquoise (color)

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

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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.
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