Conquer Club

While I realize that every player knows who is being referred to as teal,
there are actually no armies on the map that color.

Teal is actually the hue of the Russian territories on the W 2.1 map,
so how is it that so many people think cyan is teal?

I prefer to think of that color as Aquamarine.

Humans are lazy. Teal has one syllable, cyan has two.
Until desk top printers, and color toner came along, a large portion of the general public were not familier with the colour. Teal has been used in the clothing and auto paint industry for a longer period of time, ( Not even the true color teal, just the label teal for marketing....)

Just another trait of the Sheeple, I suppose.


Johnny Rockets

oVo wrote:While I realize that every player knows who is being referred to as teal,
there are actually no armies on the map that color.

Teal is actually the hue of the Russian territories on the W 2.1 map,
so how is it that so many people think cyan is teal?

I prefer to think of that color as Aquamarine.

You'd have to be really girly to call it cyan. Teal is gay enough, but cyan... Most of us would use light blue, but that's too much typing, so teal is the compromise.

Georgerx7di wrote:

oVo wrote:While I realize that every player knows who is being referred to as teal,
there are actually no armies on the map that color.

Teal is actually the hue of the Russian territories on the W 2.1 map,
so how is it that so many people think cyan is teal?

I prefer to think of that color as Aquamarine.

You'd have to be really girly to call it cyan. Teal is gay enough, but cyan... Most of us would use light blue, but that's too much typing, so teal is the compromise.

definitely, and you know what guys use instead of girly...

When I was younger I always thought that teal was cyan and turquoise was teal. (Meaning I thought teal was lighter and turquoise darker). I don't know how this misconception started, but I have a hard time adjusting to teal being the darker color and cyan being the lighter color - and turquoise seems to be either depending on the reference

Turquoise is more green than cyan.

On my old laptop, it was teal. On this new computer, it looks light blue again.

wh-wha-WHAT?? they are all he same! (effectively)

cyan is primarily used to describe a computer color...

while teal accessories perfectly with Purple...




so therefore...

cyan is for geeks
teal is for the fashion conscience...

Robinette wrote:cyan is primarily used to describe a computer color...

Not true, cyan is mostly used in printing. Ever heard of CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and b***K.

Funny little fact: in trips games, team 1 is RGB while team 2 is CMY - the two main colour systems used for graphics.


Another fun fact: The name of the colour Cyan comes from Cyanide, and the name Cyanide comes from the structure of the molecule which is CN (carbon with a positive charge of +1 trivalently bonded to a nitrogen): Cee-En -> Cyan...

natty_dread wrote:

Robinette wrote:cyan is primarily used to describe a computer color...

Not true, cyan is mostly used in printing. Ever heard of CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and b***K.

Funny little fact: in trips games, team 1 is RGB while team 2 is CMY - the two main colour systems used for graphics.


Another fun fact: The name of the colour Cyan comes from Cyanide, and the name Cyanide comes from the structure of the molecule which is CN (carbon with a positive charge of +1 trivalently bonded to a nitrogen): Cee-En -> Cyan...

Well I did find that interesting, but I also feel like you just proved Robin's point.