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A comment on The Difference Between ‘Violet’ and ‘Purple’ (2015). Parent comment

Re:The Difference Between ‘Violet’ and ‘Purple’ (2015) by a1369209993 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @01:36PM (#19556625)
> Stick to "teal".

Teal is in the vicinity of #0AA, while cyan is around #5FF; there's almost as much difference between cyan and teal as between cyan and (light) blue or green.

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Re:The Difference Between ‘Violet’ and ‘Purple’ (2015) by jacobolus on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @01:54PM (#19556798)
Printer’s cyan is a color in the vicinity of #00A2CC, which is not at all close to #55FFFF.

Using the name “cyan” for the latter is very confusing. I would strongly advise against it.

If you want you can use names like “bluish green”, “greenish blue”, or “blue–green” to stay out of trouble.

If you have a blue–green color, maybe slightly on the greenish side, “teal” is a pretty safe name: people won’t misinterpret what you mean. The name “teal” can represent a quite large generic range of colors.

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