TEASINGLY TEAL

AN ELUSIVE COLOR THAT CANNOT BE PINNED DOWN


What’s up with teal, a color that seems to be so indecisive, it flirts with being blue while keeping one foot firmly planted in the similarly expansive territory of green? Is teal a kind of blue or a kind of green — or is teaser teal its own new bag?

Cathy Ward, “Creature in a teal-colored shirt,” undated color photograph; courtesy of the artist
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