turquoise blue

noun

: a light greenish blue that is paler and slightly bluer than average turquoise

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The singer flaunted her baby bump in a turquoise blue cutout gown by Alaïa. — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 27 June 2025 Meanwhile, the Calypso design sees bright shades of jade, jasmine green and turquoise blue across signature swim shapes. — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Dark blue lines run across its rounded side, creating rectangles, some of which are colored in with turquoise blue or decorated with saffron-yellow symbols. — CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026 The movie has the color palette of a garish tricolored ice pop, a jumble of psychedelic turquoise blue and incandescent fuchsia. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turquoise blue

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of turquoise blue was in 1799

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“Turquoise blue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turquoise%20blue. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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