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Lilac and turquoise came ninth and tenth overall, beating white, red and orange. The only measure turquoise didn’t score highly on was the time it took people to enter an answer, says Mylonas.

By the 1960s, a few new shades were added -- and quickly canceled, too. Charcoal Gray was one of the not-so-well-received colors. Yellow, pink and turquoise were survivors.

Shades of green are greens mixed with colors from our other two cones. Take green plus a little red, and you get greenish yellow. Add a little blue, and you’ll see more of a shade of turquoise.