Teal is named after a duck's iridescent stripe, so it has no fixed color
moultano · x · 2026-10-12
Continuing the color-naming thread, moultano notes water absorbs blue least so cyan should claim the blue half of the blue-green split, while turquoise and teal are hard to resolve: teal is named after a duck's head stripe, but that stripe is iridescent and shifts hue with viewing angle, giving teal no unambiguous reference color. Attached photos of a green-winged teal show the stripe shifting between green and blue.
Related event: Developer proposes scientific definitions in the teal vs cyan color debate(2 posts)→
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