Love It or Hate It, Teal is Here to Stay

Teal, also called teal blue, is a medium to dark greenish blue color of low saturation; a dark cyan.

The first recorded use of Teal as a color name in English was in 1917.

Teal is one of the 16 colors specified as sRGB and included in the HTML 3.0 specification: these colors were originally picked as being the standard 16 colors supported with the Windows VGA palette.
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(Note: colors may appear differently on individual monitors.)

		Not to be confused with aqua (above) teal (right) is a unique combination of blue and green.

A longtime standard color for the healthcare industry, and often used for its calming and status-quo influence in hotel/corporate decor, teal has many nuances. A previous year's "snazzy" teal can look old when it isn't freshened up with new trend colors.

Popular in the 1990s—particularly when combined with pink, magenta, or yellow—teal can quickly appear dated.		Hip today, ugly tomorrow. Let's hope the current brown & teal fad passes quickly.

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Welcome to the new teal family.

No longer the unwelcome and outdated color of the past, the new teal tones are rich and sophisticated. Use a new teal with other new earth-based colors, or juxtiposed with vivid hues to create a unique look.

 

		A member of the new fall '07 color palette, "Stargazer" is a rich teal with black undertones. See Stargazer teamed up with reds and neutrals in the poster design (right).
		A richer combination of jade and sage, this new teal tone is used to lighten neutral-heavy palettes like the Starbucks web site (lower right.)
		A lighter version of the traditional African Teal, this variation is heavier in cyan saturation than the previous teals. Always a good match with brights, this teal tone brings class to ads and web sites (below.)

		...And for the traditionalists, true teal still looks good—when accompanied by new colors.   The good news? You don’t have to love OR hate teal—simply choose the teal you like and have fun with it!

Teal gets its name from the color surrounding the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family.

In Windows 95 and Windows 98, teal was the standard background color.

In an attempt to market retro “fun”, designers are evoking the palette of the 1970s.While it is often called “teal” in this palette, most often the color used is a strong aqua/turquoise.

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