Illinois Route 14 runs just south of North City, leading east 7.5 miles (12.1 km) to Benton, the Franklin County seat, and west 12 miles (19 km) to Du Quoin.
In Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Tibet Turquoise represents purity. Because of its color, it is an ancient symbol of the sky. The ancients of the Native Indian Americans believe that Turquoise was such a strong symbol of prosperity and possitivity that it would scare away demons.
With regard to its own color, turquoise also seems to have a green color that slightly overpowers its blue shade. Nevertheless itâs actually the green cyan shade. The color name turquoise is also coined from the color of the gem bearing the same name. Dissimilar to aqua, the RGB values of turquoise are 64, 224, and 208. This simply tells us that turquoise has a lighter shade of both the colors green and blue when pitted against aqua. Moreover, it is but obvious that it also has a different hex triplet.