cyan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos, “blue, various blue materials or things”).

noun

  1. A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
    cyan (additive secondary):
    cyan (subtractive primary):

adj

  1. Of the colour cyan.

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