cyan
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Definition of cyan
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
“CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This four component color system is standard for most types of color printing, since black is an ink color in printing but is simply the absence of color in video.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
“CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This four component color system is standard for most types of color printing, since black is an ink color in printing but is simply the absence of color in video.”
adj
- Of the colour cyan.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), a shade of blue variously described as similar to cornflower, copper carbonate, and lapis lazuli, Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀷𐀜 (ku-wa-no), possibly from Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “a precious stone; copper; shade of blue”). Compare modern Greek κυανός (kyanós), also used for cyan.
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