What is the difference between colors turqoise and teal?

[quinnox]

Just an offhand question, does anyone have a link to a webpage that shows these colors. It seems to me they are basically the same, is this true?

[Dookus]

1. You've stumbled upon the big secret

maintained by the Fashion and Home Design cabal:

There are only 8 colors.

Expect a visit from some VERY pissy designers.

[sweetcee]

4. Bingo!

Does everyone on DU write "cabal" and/or "meme" everytime they can?

Is it a conspiracy?

Do I not get the rules on this until I get a star?

[teach1st]

6. It's part of the meme cabal plan

[Jim Sagle]

12. Your avatar bites.

[teach1st]

13. Well, it buzzes, anyway NT

[Robb]

2. Try this:

The 216 Colors of Netscape

[quinnox]

3. Thanks, just what I was looking for

It appears teal is a darker shade, and turqoise is lighter.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

14. Darker/lighter is the key

Blue-green is the hue, and there's a range within the hue depending on the percentage of one color or the other. More variations are created by adding white or black. Hues with white added are tints, hues with black added are shades. So sayeth my color textbook. IMO turquoise is a tint of blue-green, and teal is a shade of green-blue.

[alittlelark]

5. Turquoise has more blue in it

actually, MUCH more - or it should. It's my fav. color

[hlthe2b]

7. Here: scroll down to the blue/green pallet: good examples

http://www.colchis.com/clrtable.html#bluegreen

These are among my favorite shades and YES there are differences!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

8. Turquoise has more blue

Teal has more green.

[JasonDeter]

9. Real men can wear turqoise but real men can't wear teal.

[kanrok]

10. Unless you play for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, that is

Their uniforms have teal as a major component.

[woofless]

11. Teal have feathers

and turquoise is a mineral.

[pansypoo53219]

15. as colorist painter

teal is a greener color. and to me turquise was always paler in hue. but damned if i know a web page to prove it.

[Jade Fox]

16. I love teal, I hate turquoise.

Simple, no?

:smoke: