Teal Dark Green

Shades of green

Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a green or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.

Teal

Teal is a dark cyan color. Its name comes from that of a bird, the Eurasian teal which has a similarly colored stripe on its head. The word is often used colloquially to refer to shades of cyan in general.

Darkness

Darkness is the condition resulting from a lack of illumination, or an absence of visible light.

Green

Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It has 295–350 different shades. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combination of yellow and cyan; in the RGB color model, used on television and computer screens, it is one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue, which are mixed in different combinations to create all other colors. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage. Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content.

teal

Noun

1. Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
2. A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.

Adjective

1. Having a bluish-green colour.

dark

Adjective

1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
2. Extinguished.

Noun

1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
2. Ignorance.

green

Noun

1. The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
2. A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

Adjective

1. Of a green hue.
2. Sickly, unwell.