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  • Formed: 1966, Muswell Hill, London, England
  • Disbanded: 1969
  • Genres: Rock

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Turquoise was a British pop-psych group who only officially released two singles in their short existence as a band, but the four songs on those two releases became beloved by collectors of the genre, and led to a complete album of the band's surviving recordings being released some 40 years later. The group, who initially called themselves the Brood, was formed in North London's Muswell Hill area in 1966 by Jeff Peters, Ewan Stephens, and Vic Jansen (a fourth member, Barry Hart, was added later), who were all friends and neighbors of the Kinks' Ray and Dave Davies. Dave Davies produced a batch of demos for the Brood in 1966, and a second batch was produced by the Who's Keith Moon and John Entwistle a year later in 1967. Eventually the Brood was signed to Decca Records, and after a name change to Turquoise, released two wonderful double-sided singles, "'53 Summer Street"/"Tales of Flossie Fillett" and "Woodstock"/"Saynia," but neither release really took off, and the band called it quits in 1969. Peters and Hart went on to form Slowbone, releasing an album, Tales of a Crooked Man, in 1974. Collectors of the Kinks/Who/Small Faces/Move style of 1960s British pop discovered the two singles, however, and Turquoise became a sort of long-lost cult band, resulting in Rev-Ola releasing all of the Brood's and Turquoise's surviving demos, alternate takes, and of course, the two singles, on disc in 2006 as The Further Adventures of Flossie Fillett: The Complete Recordings. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
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The water of Havasu creek is turquoise due to high concentrations of dissolved lime picked up as it runs through sedimentary rock.

Turquoise is a slightly greenish shade of cyan. The color is based on the gem turquoise. The term comes from the French for Turkish.

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Turquoise gemstones

The turquoise gemstone is the namesake for the color.


Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.

Turquoise

Turquoise
About these coordinatesAbout these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #40E0D0
RGBB (r, g, b) (64, 224, 208)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color turquoise.

The first recorded use of Turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573. [1]

Variations of Turquoise

Pale Turquoise

Pale Turquoise
About these coordinatesAbout these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #AFEEEE
RGBB (r, g, b) (175, 238, 238)
HSV (h, s, v) (175°, 84%, 94%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color pale turquoise.

Bright Turquoise

Bright Turquoise
About these coordinatesAbout these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #08E8DE
RGBB (r, g, b) (8, 232, 222)
HSV (h, s, v) (177°, 97%, 91%)
Source [Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color bright turquoise.

Medium Turquoise

Medium Turquoise
About these coordinatesAbout these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #48D1CC
RGBB (r, g, b) (72, 209, 204)
HSV (h, s, v) (175°, 55%, 50%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color medium turquoise.

Dark Turquoise

Dark Turquoise
About these coordinatesAbout these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #00CED1
RGBB (r, g, b) (0, 206, 209)
HSV (h, s, v) (175°, 40%, 94%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color dark turquoise.

The mosque with turquoise domes in Bukhara

References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Turquoise [green]: Page 73 Plate 25 Color Sample I5

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