noun
cyan
Cyan (noun) means a greenish-blue colour, produced by light with a wavelength of roughly 490 to 520 nanometres.
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A greenish-blue colour, produced by light with a wavelength of roughly 490 to 520 nanometres.
"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."
— Harry Henderson, Computer Science and Technology (2009)
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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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What is the meaning of cyan?
"cyan" (noun) means a greenish-blue colour, produced by light with a wavelength of roughly 490 to 520 nanometres.
