Cyan Definition

sīăn, -ən
noun
A greenish-blue color.
Webster's New World

A colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

Wiktionary
adjective
Greenish-blue in color.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
affix

Cyano-

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cyan

Noun

Singular:
cyan
Plural:
cyans

Origin of Cyan

  • Ancient Greek κύανος (kyanos, “dark blue, dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli”), probably a non Indo-European word, but perhaps akin to, or from, Hittite *kuwanna(n)- "copper blue."

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek kuanos dark blue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cyan Sentence Examples

  • The colors are black, yellow, light cyan, cyan, light magenta and magenta.

  • Rand & Robyn Miller, joint owners of Cyan, demanded perfection from their team of computer animators.

  • The Lyson 1000 Series and 1300 Series are available in cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan and light magenta.

  • When using cyan, magenta and yellow in certain variations they create oranges, reds, violets, and so on.

  • This printing process produces 256 shades for each of three dye colors â cyan, magenta and yellow.

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Words Starting With

CCYCYA

Words Ending With

NANYAN

Unscrambles

cyan

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CY & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With AN

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With C4 Letter Words Ending With N