noun
adj
Meanings
-
1
noun
a light greenish-blue color that is somewhat paler and bluer than typical turquoise
A band of turquoise blue separated the pale sky from the darker sea.
-
2
adj
having a light greenish-blue color resembling a blue shade of turquoise
The lagoon looked turquoise-blue in the noon sunlight.
Thesaurus
Etymology
A lexicalized shade name formed from turquoise and blue, recorded in English by the end of the eighteenth century. Turquoise came through French turquoise, shortened from pierre turquoise, 'Turkish stone,' because the Persian gemstone reached Europe through Turkey. The compound distinguishes a paler, bluer shade from average turquoise.