"The Color of Turquoise – Pantone’s Color of 2010"
By Charisse Marie Colbert
Owner/Interior Designer
CMC Design Studio
www.cmcdesignstudio.com

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 aqua. Because turquoise is the combination of blue and green, turquoise can have a calming and peaceful affect on your well being.

Using turquoise with white and black in a space will give the room a retro look of the 1950s or 1960s. Mixing lavenders and pinks with turquoise in a space will make it more feminine. The combination of apple green and turquoise is a youthful combination. Turquoise is often associated as a color of the Southwest and pairs well with its complementary color red-orange and terra cottas.

Turquoise is an excellent choice for 2010 as we all are looking to enhance our well being. Doesn’t an escape to a refreshing tropical turquoise blue ocean beach sound like the perfect solution?

Contributions to this article include: Anthropologie, Botanical Bird Jewelry on Etsy, Designers Guild, Kravet, and Maine Cottage. While researching for this blog post, I found this website dedicated to the color turquoise: House of Turquoise.

How about an escape to Capri, Italy for turquoise water?

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