: a greenish-blue color
—used in photography and color printing of one of the primary colors
variants
or cyano-
1
: dark blue : blue
cyanobacterium
2
: cyanogen
cyanide
3
: cyanide
cyanogenetic
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PCMAG, 30 May 2024
The state-of-the-art LEDs distill a shadowless light that also moves through certain shades such as cyans and magentas that your eyes perceive but your phone camera can’t differentiate.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 10 May 2024
In both cases whites are spot-on, and colors are balanced even if cyans run just slightly blue.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
The essie Nail Polish in off-beat chic is a gorgeous cyan that is actually long-lasting.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Greens and yellows fall just a bit short of fully covering the DCI-P3 color space, and cyans lean a bit green, but performance is still excellent.
—PCMAG, 30 May 2024
The state-of-the-art LEDs distill a shadowless light that also moves through certain shades such as cyans and magentas that your eyes perceive but your phone camera can’t differentiate.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 10 May 2024
In both cases whites are spot-on, and colors are balanced even if cyans run just slightly blue.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
The essie Nail Polish in off-beat chic is a gorgeous cyan that is actually long-lasting.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Cyan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyan. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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cyan
noun
cy·an
ˈsī-ˌan 
-ən
: a greenish blue
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