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DictionarycyanGreenish-blue color
noun / adjective

cyan

SIGH-an/ˈsaɪæn/

A greenish-blue color.

The brush carries the same vivid cyan pigment as the painted swatch.

A broad, vivid cyan paint swatch on white paper beside a brush tipped with the identical greenish-blue pigment.
Etymology
cyanGreekdark blue; lapis lazuli

Greek kyanos named dark blue and blue materials such as enamel and lapis lazuli. English cyan, shortened from cyan blue, instead denotes a greenish blue.

In context

Stuff Made Here4:40
instead of red green and blue we're going to use the color cyan magenta and yellow
My GIANT wall painting robot

More examples

  • The printer runs out of cyan before the other inks.
  • Cyan stands out sharply against the black background.
  • He wears a cyan shirt with dark jeans.

Forms

cyan · cyans

Similar words

turquoise
A nearby blue-green shade, often greener than cyan.
teal
A darker blue-green color, usually more muted than cyan.