Geographically, Australia is a continent, not an island. As a landform, it could be considered an island as it is entirely surrounded by water and not joined onto any other land mass. For this reason, it is often referred to as an island continent. Australia is too big to be formally classified as an island.
oh, the link didn't work very well-if you click on the link as is, click on the first option - teal - (color). then go to the bottom of that page for the chart. 7 years ago. Anonymous. Teal is a darker color than turquoise, and has more green in it I believe. Aqua to me is like the bluest water.
White Turquoise! Now there is a peculiar combination of words. Take the word turquoise. It has come to have two meanings, really. One is the sky-blue stone used in designer jewelry and also used extensively by Native American jewelers. The other meaning is now turquoise as in the color.