Blue-green much larger color gamut than RYB color space. The first recorded use of "cyan" as a color name in English was in 1879. The color turquoise, a representation of the color of the semi-precious stone turquoise. The first recorded use of "turquoise" as a color name in English was in 1573. The color "turquoise" is a light tone of blue-green. Green-blue had been a Crayola color since 1958. It was continued as a Crayola crayon color until 1990. One definition of the color is in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5BG) although there is wide-spread acceptance and knowledge of the
Blue–green distinction in language for each of blue (""), green ("") and grey (""). For all three, different shades can be indicated with different (compound) terms, none of them being considered as basic color terms: "bleu " (light blue), "bleu " (sky blue), "bleu " (Navy blue), "bleu " (royal blue); "vert clair" (light green), "vert " (literally: apple green); "gris " (very dark grey), "gris " (literally: mouse grey). French also uses "" for the lighter shade of blue of the sunny sky, that was in turn loaned to English as "azure". Catalan distinguishes blue (') from green (') and grey ('). Other