The color name teal is typically used to describe medium-to-dark blue-greens. When you make teal brighter and more vivid to create a bright teal color, you get colors like turquoise, aqua, or cyan.
To explore brighter tints of teal, enter the teal color code #008080 into QuillBot’s color wheel tool.
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One good way of creating a teal color palette is to upload an image featuring a teal color scheme that you like to a tool such as QuillBot’s free color palette generator.
These tools can analyze images to produce balanced color palettes that you can use as a starting point.
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Names for shades of the color green include:
- Olive green—hex code: #808000
- Apple green—#8AB800
- Mint green—#98FB98
- Lime green—#32CD32
- Forest green—#228B22
- Emerald green—#50C878
- Jade green—#00A86B
To view examples of these shades of green on your device, enter the hex codes above into QuillBot’s color wheel tool.
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You can create a palette of green colors with the help of a color wheel tool, such as QuillBot’s color wheel.
Simply enter the hex code for a shade of green to generate an analogous color scheme (other nearby green hues on the color wheel).
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The complementary color of green is red on a color wheel that uses the Red-Yellow-Blue color model. On a wheel that uses the Red-Green-Blue color model, the complementary color of green (#00FF00) is magenta (#FF00FF).
On a color wheel, a hue’s complementary color is found on the opposite side of the wheel.
Red-Yellow-Blue model is the model traditionally taught for paint mixing, while the Red-Green-Blue color model is used for screens.
You can find the complementary color of any hue by entering its hex code into QuillBot’s color wheel.
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Some names for colors of green are:
- Sage green—hex code: #BCB88A
- Moss green—#8A9A5B
- Avocado green—#568203
- Chartreuse green—#7FFF00
- Tea green—#D0F0C0
- Neon green—#39FF14
- Pastel green—#77DD77
If you know the hex code for a shade of green, you can ask QuillBot’s free AI Chat how to describe it by entering its hex code.
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A good choice for a nature green color on a screen is #228B22, which corresponds to the CSS color name “forestgreen.”
Explore lighter, darker, or more blue-leaning or yellow-leaning hues by entering #228B22 into QuillBot’s color wheel and adjusting the hue and brightness.
Read this FAQ: What is a good nature green color?
Alternative names for hues that can be very similar to navy blue shades include midnight blue, ink blue, marine blue, Oxford blue, and Prussian blue.
Use QuillBot’s color wheel to create a navy blue color scheme for your project.
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Although combining navy blue and black is sometimes thought of as a styling mistake, the two colors can work very well together.
Used as dark neutrals, they can create a clean, contemporary look. Pairing a true black with a lighter shade of navy blue typically works best.
You can use QuillBot’s free color palette generator to identify the shades of navy blue and black in an image.
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“Light indigo” isn’t a common color name, but periwinkle and lavender blue could be described as light indigo colors because they’re relatively light blue-violet colors that sit close to indigo on the color wheel.
You can create lighter tints of indigo with QuillBot’s free color wheel. Start by selecting an indigo base (e.g., #4B0082), then move the selector towards the center to lighten the color.
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