The Difference Between Aqua and Teal

Doreena · 2013-02-21T14:00:33-07:00

Will someone please tell me what the difference is between "aqua" and "teal"? I see both of them listed under the colors we can choose when uploading our layouts, but I can't figure out the difference. I even googled them (yes, I am a total Google nerd) and they look exactly the same. I always get stumped and then wind up just choosing both! Any input?

Feb '13 Doreena

Will someone please tell me what the difference is between "aqua" and "teal"?
I see both of them listed under the colors we can choose when uploading our layouts, but I can't figure out the difference.

I even googled them (yes, I am a total Google nerd) and they look exactly the same.

I always get stumped and then wind up just choosing both!

Any input?
Feb '13 GMFTS

RE: Doreena: Will someone please tell me what the difference is between "aqua" and "teal"? I see both of them listed under the colors we can choose when uploading our layouts, but I can't figure out the difference. I even googled them (yes, I am a total Google nerd) and they look exactly the same. I always get stumped and then wind up just choosing both! Any input?

To me aqua is a pastel shade and teal is the deep shade.. both are a blue green.
Feb '13 Stick

RE: GMFTS: To me aqua is a pastel shade and teal is the deep shade.. both are a blue green.

Teal is darker and more greenish-blue. Aqua is a lighter blue with some green. Turquoise is somewhere in the middle. They're really just different hues of more or less the same color.
Feb '13 Doreena

RE: Stick: Teal is darker and more greenish-blue. Aqua is a lighter blue with some green. Turquoise is somewhere in the middle. They're really just different hues of more or less the same color.

oh okay....
so I wonder why there aren't more of those type of VERY close colors on the list! hahahaha!
Feb '13 CrimsonMama

RE: Stick: Teal is darker and more greenish-blue. Aqua is a lighter blue with some green. Turquoise is somewhere in the middle. They're really just different hues of more or less the same color.
stick Said:
Teal is darker and more greenish-blue. Aqua is a lighter blue with some green. Turquoise is somewhere in the middle. They're really just different hues of more or less the same color.

What she said!
Feb '13 Vae

RE: CrimsonMama: stick Said: Teal is darker and more greenish-blue. Aqua is a lighter blue with some green. Turquoise is somewhere in the middle. They're really just different hues of more or less the same color. What she said!

LOL thanks for the clarification... I wasn't sure on this either. To me, pretty much everything is teal. Some things are light teal, some things are deep teal, and some are just teal. I never think to use aqua. LOL.
Feb '13 Doreena

RE: Vae: LOL thanks for the clarification... I wasn't sure on this either. To me, pretty much everything is teal. Some things are light teal, some things are deep teal, and some are just teal. I never think to use aqua. LOL.

I think of all those colors as turquoise...
Never use the words "aqua" or "teal"
Feb '13 AlisonJ

RE: Doreena: I think of all those colors as turquoise... Never use the words "aqua" or "teal"

As you can see below, I think some of the paper companies are confused about the difference between aqua and teal as well.....
(I always thought as above, that aqua is a pale, pastel version of teal but that does not seem to be the case when you look at papers...)

Alison
Feb '13 Doreena

RE: AlisonJ: As you can see below, I think some of the paper companies are confused about the difference between aqua and teal as well..... (I always thought as above, that aqua is a pale, pastel version of teal but that does not seem to be the case when you look at papers...) Alison

Vindicated!!!! LOL!
Feb '13 Lisa Harrolle

RE: Doreena: Vindicated!!!! LOL!

When I think of aqua I think of the bright blue of Carribean waters. Teal has a green tint to it. Turqoise is somewhere in between?? LOL! I'm wondering if you'll ever have your answer.
Feb '13 Mrsdriver5

RE: Lisa Harrolle: When I think of aqua I think of the bright blue of Carribean waters. Teal has a green tint to it. Turqoise is somewhere in between?? LOL! I'm wondering if you'll ever have your answer.

I think of aqua as more green and turquoise as more blue, with teal a darker aqua, with maybe a bit of grayish undertone...maybe because I think of the days when decorating was all mauves or teals with gray.

Then online I saw that turquoise was supposed to be more green and aqua more blue. I'm with you...I'd just check them all when uploading to the Gallery.~Judy
Feb '13 Stick

RE: Mrsdriver5: I think of aqua as more green and turquoise as more blue, with teal a darker aqua, with maybe a bit of grayish undertone...maybe because I think of the days when decorating was all mauves or teals with gray. Then online I saw that turquoise was supposed to be more green and aqua more blue. I'm with you...I'd just check them all when uploading to the Gallery.~Judy

I just asked my husband, who is an artist, a painter. He's well-trained in color and has VERY defined ideas of what a color is, and they tend to be chemically based - i.e., the chemicals that make up actual paint colors. My blue and his blue are different colors, lol, so take this as you will. (My blue is apparently purple, and he refers to blue as cyan.)

He says it simply has to do with the ratio of blue to green. The hue - brightness or darkness - is only about how much white or black is added to a color.

Aqua - blue with a hint of green
Teal - a more or less even mix of blue and green. It's a pretty generic name right now for blue-green combos.
Turquoise - green with blue
Feb '13 Henri Jean (Ocala, Florida)

RE: Stick: I just asked my husband, who is an artist, a painter. He's well-trained in color and has VERY defined ideas of what a color is, and they tend to be chemically based - i.e., the chemicals that make up actual paint colors. My blue and his blue are different colors, lol, so take this as you will. (My blue is apparently purple, and he refers to blue as cyan.) He says it simply has to do with the...

That makes sense. Tell Robert thank you!
Feb '13 Lisa Harrolle

RE: Stick: I just asked my husband, who is an artist, a painter. He's well-trained in color and has VERY defined ideas of what a color is, and they tend to be chemically based - i.e., the chemicals that make up actual paint colors. My blue and his blue are different colors, lol, so take this as you will. (My blue is apparently purple, and he refers to blue as cyan.) He says it simply has to do with the...

Thanks Stick! That makes sense.
Feb '13 Vawm

RE: Lisa Harrolle: Thanks Stick! That makes sense.

I absolutely agree with Robert! Thanks for the clarification.
Feb '13 Doreena

RE: Vawm: I absolutely agree with Robert! Thanks for the clarification.

Yes, that makes sense, but.... I will never remember all that so I will be checking both boxes!LOL!
But tell him thank you very much for the info.
much appreciated!
Feb '13 Bayamonesa1

RE: Doreena: Yes, that makes sense, but.... I will never remember all that so I will be checking both boxes!LOL! But tell him thank you very much for the info. much appreciated!

Make sense. I always seen them almost the same. Now, I can see a little bit of the difference. Thanks for sharing!
Feb '13 Homemaid

RE: Bayamonesa1: Make sense. I always seen them almost the same. Now, I can see a little bit of the difference. Thanks for sharing!

I know I done 2 wedding cakes one was Aqua the other Teal. The Aqua is mre blue the other more green. In my opinion.
Feb '13 Mia1979

RE: Homemaid: I know I done 2 wedding cakes one was Aqua the other Teal. The Aqua is mre blue the other more green. In my opinion.

Im no help Doreena, I love them both lol thats why I end up choosing both sometimes unless the item specifically states "teal" or "aqua".
Feb '13 AlisonJ

RE: Mia1979: Im no help Doreena, I love them both lol thats why I end up choosing both sometimes unless the item specifically states "teal" or "aqua".

LOL! I know what aqua, teal and turquoise look like in my mind.....but I don't think the paper companies differentiate....

I agree with Doreena....if you look at my samples above, half of them are supposed to be teal and have of them are supposed to be aqua....and they look the SAME!

Alison
Feb '13 Birdie0817

RE: AlisonJ: LOL! I know what aqua, teal and turquoise look like in my mind.....but I don't think the paper companies differentiate.... I agree with Doreena....if you look at my samples above, half of them are supposed to be teal and have of them are supposed to be aqua....and they look the SAME! Alison

All I know is I LOVE aqua, teal and everything in between!!! Lolololol.......Makes me think of happy things like the ocean, sky and the color of my favorite birds. Bluebirds and blue jays
Feb '13 Kim222

RE: Stick: I just asked my husband, who is an artist, a painter. He's well-trained in color and has VERY defined ideas of what a color is, and they tend to be chemically based - i.e., the chemicals that make up actual paint colors. My blue and his blue are different colors, lol, so take this as you will. (My blue is apparently purple, and he refers to blue as cyan.) He says it simply has to do with the...
stick Said:
I just asked my husband, who is an artist, a painter. He's well-trained in color and has VERY defined ideas of what a color is, and they tend to be chemically based - i.e., the chemicals that make up actual paint colors. My blue and his blue are different colors, lol, so take this as you will. (My blue is apparently purple, and he refers to blue as cyan.)

He says it simply has to do with the ratio of blue to green. The hue - brightness or darkness - is only about how much white or black is added to a color.

Aqua - blue with a hint of green
Teal - a more or less even mix of blue and green. It's a pretty generic name right now for blue-green combos.
Turquoise - green with blue

Thanks for sharing that!!!
Feb '13 Kim222

RE: Birdie0817: All I know is I LOVE aqua, teal and everything in between!!! Lolololol.......Makes me think of happy things like the ocean, sky and the color of my favorite birds. Bluebirds and blue jays
teresa0817 Said:
All I know is I LOVE aqua, teal and everything in between!!! Lolololol.......Makes me think of happy things like the ocean, sky and the color of my favorite birds. Bluebirds and blue jays

what she said