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Turquoise the color of 2010

January 17, 2010

The color turquoise was chosen by Pantone as the color of 2010. The color turquoise is stunning, vibrant and invigorating. While being refreshing and youthful it can also be a sophisticated color depending on what other colors it is paired with. The color also looks good on most everyone. Since it is the color of fresh water, turquoise is cool and clean. Mixing the pigments of blue and green creates the color turquoise which is also known as blue-green, ultramarine and aquamarine. A darker shaded version of turquoise is known as teal and a lighter tinted version is known as…