Turquoise
“In many cultures, Turquoise occupies a very special position in the world of color,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “It is believed to be a protective talisman, a color of deep compassion and healing, and a color of faith and truth, inspired by water and sky. Through years of color word-association studies, we also find that Turquoise represents an escape to many – taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting, even if only a fantasy.”
To read the entire article from Pantone, visit this link.
Add in splashes of red with turquoise for a vintage inspired look.
Mix turquoise with bronze and copper for an earthy feel.
Add blue, cream and brown for a surf and sand combination.
Green and yellow combined with turquoise add a playful spring quality to a color palette.
Beads featured are from my Humblebeads Etsy shop.
Judy
February 4, 2010 at 9:47 pmTurquoise is one of my favorite colors and stones to work with.
mairedodd
February 4, 2010 at 9:58 pmwell, this certainly is good for me – i love turquoise! and what beautiful beads!
Pretty Things
February 4, 2010 at 10:29 pmI love it. I have an entire bead drawer dedicated just to turquoise.
Jenny J-V
February 4, 2010 at 11:47 pmI have a turquoise drawer, too! Plus, I love the combination with "tomato soup" red. You may actually see a necklace with that combo in print this summer. 🙂
Azure Islands Designs
February 5, 2010 at 12:49 amTurquoise is one of my favorite colors/stones to work with…it is so versatile, it goes with almost anything!
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Tania - Jet Designs
February 5, 2010 at 1:30 amI knew there was a reason I loved this colour – most of my beads from some turquoise in them, I am wearing a coral and turquoise bracelet and turquoise earrings as I comment – Love the Turquoise!
Heather Powers
February 5, 2010 at 5:49 amIt's one of my favorite colors too. You can go in so many different directions depending on what you pair it up with.
Alice
February 5, 2010 at 1:00 pmI love turquoise and think it is one of those colors that will never go out of style.
Beautiful beads!
Janet
February 5, 2010 at 8:50 pmBeautiful colors and beads!
So very lovely!!
Kirsten
February 7, 2010 at 7:16 pmJust beautiful Heather! You capture the beauty of nature so well….. How appropriate Turquoise!!….. We all need compassion, healing, faith and truth these days…… Great post!