also: あおみどりいろ
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Describes a color between blue and green, like turquoise or aqua. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.
She was wearing a bluish-green dress.
Mixing these paints produces a beautiful turquoise color.
ターコイズ is a loanword for turquoise, often used in fashion or design; 青緑色 is the native Japanese term and can cover a wider range of blue-green hues.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading あおみどりいろ is the most common and intuitive.
Sino-Japanese reading; less common in everyday speech but may appear in formal or technical contexts.
Compound of 青 (blue) + 緑 (green) + 色 (color), literally 'blue-green color'. The Sino-Japanese reading せいりょくしょく follows the on'yomi of each character.