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Pthalo Turquoise

Castle Arts Gold Teal & Aqua cool

Castle Arts Gold 102 Pthalo Turquoise is a deep vivid teal colored pencil in the Teal & Aqua family. It sits in the darker value range, making it well-suited for tropical water, turquoise, sea glass. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Teal & Aqua family Cool temperature 27% lightness
Tropical waterTurquoiseSea glassAqua accentsOcean
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Pthalo Turquoise
Color Family
Teal & Aqua
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
27%
Saturation
97%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Teal & Aqua family — layer from shadow to highlight for smooth gradients.

Shadow Side
104
Terre Verde Deep L19%
Current Marker
102
Pthalo Turquoise L27%
Highlight Side
101
Cobalt Turquoise Green L33%
105
Teal Green L34%

Works Well With

Highlights
185
Jade Green Light
+12 lightness
100
Cerulean Blue
+13 lightness
099
Cerulean Blue Middle
+16 lightness
050
Pthalo Green
+28 lightness
Analogous Colors
050
Pthalo Green
19° hue shift
101
Cobalt Turquoise Green
20° hue shift
105
Teal Green
25° hue shift
104
Terre Verde Deep
27° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

198
Henna Brown
opposite hue
080
Grenadine
opposite hue
193
Oyster
opposite hue
022
Scarlet Red
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 102 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🪦 Graveyard Green
Near-black pine, soot charcoal, and desaturated spectral greens settle into old stone shadows.
Seasonal
⚡ Anxiety Strobe
Emergency cyan and ambulance red colliding under a fluorescent that won't hold still.
Emotional
🌸 Art Nouveau
Deep teal structure. Gold leaf accent. Organic everywhere.
Art Style
🐠 Aquarium Glow
Deep blue tank. Teal light column. Something moves in dark.
Lighting
🦑 Bioluminescent
Deep-sea black around a cyan creature lighting itself for no audience.
Lighting
♒ Aquarius Signal
Electric blue poured from a vessel nobody invented yet — the frequency you keep finding between stations.
Zodiac
🌌 Aurora Borealis
Green fire sliding across polar dark — curtains of light that don't need an audience to keep performing.
Celestial
⭐ Globular Cluster
A thousand ancient suns packed so tight they look like one — the oldest light in the neighborhood.
Celestial

Similar Colors in Teal & Aqua

101
Cobalt Turquoise Green
dark vivid teal
#0392A4
185
Jade Green Light
dark vivid teal
#0ABEB4
105
Teal Green
dark vivid teal
#028AAD
050
Pthalo Green
mid teal
#70A5AB
100
Cerulean Blue
dark vivid blue
#0394CA
099
Cerulean Blue Middle
dark vivid blue
#03A5D9
048
Cobalt Turquoise
light blue
#67BBD6
104
Terre Verde Deep
deep vivid teal
#05485D

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