turquoise
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈtɜrkwɔɪz/
:
turquesa
- The tropical lagoon was filled with crystal clear, turquoise water.
- turquoise color
- blue and turquoise
- yellow and turquoise
So I picked up this one in pure turquoise.
- So I picked up this one in pure turquoise.
Examples
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White sandy beaches, and turquoise water await.
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The water was turquoise and the kids had the best time.
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Yet she loved the round, turquoise pool that stayed open all night.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's like a dark turquoise petrol kind of color.
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A significant change from white to purple, orange, yellow, and turquoise took place.
Academic text (2015) -
Mono Lake, with its turquoise water and unusual tufas, is quite close.
Academic text (2004) -
Water like liquid turquoise.
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A pair of manta rays mating in the turquoise shallows, one on top of the other.
Academic text (1996) -
The Blue Marlin was a squat cement building, painted turquoise, with a big plastic sailfish in the window.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sky turned a beautiful shade of turquoise at sunset.
Synonyms
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2.7
A blue-green color often used for clothes or walls
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2.3
A light bluish-green color like sea water
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1.8
A color that is a mix of blue and green
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3.5
A light green color that is between blue and yellow
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4.6
A pale blue-green color like the sea
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3.7
A pale green-blue color like the bubbles on the sea
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3.8
A bright blue color with a green tint like a peacock's feathers
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1.6
A color that is a mix of blue and green
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2.5
A blue color with a little green in it
A green or bluish-green mineral used as a gemstone
A bright greenish-blue color like a peacock's feathers
A blue-green color like fresh pine leaves
Green with a small blue tone
A blue-green color like the sea
A light green color like the pale green of a jewel
A green color like a gem, often slightly blue or yellow
How Blue
Surface Forms
Etymology
Turquoise the color is named after a gemstone. The word comes from a French word meaning 'Turkish' because the stone came to Europe through traders from Turkey, and the stone's bright blue-green shade is why we call that color 'turquoise'.