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
Color printing series of steps, or transformations, to generate a quality color reproduction. The following sections focus on the steps used when reproducing a color image in CMYK printing, along with some historical perspective. Woodblock printing on textiles preceded printing on paper in both East Asia and Europe, and the use of different blocks to produce patterns in color was common. The earliest way of adding color to items printed on paper was by hand-coloring, and this was widely used for printed images in both Europe and East Asia. Chinese woodcuts have this from at least the 13th century, and European ones