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
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

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