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CYAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyan mean? 

CYAN (noun)
  The noun CYAN has 1 sense:

1. a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green colorplay

  Familiarity information: CYAN used as a noun is very rare.


CYAN (adjective)
  The adjective CYAN has 1 sense:

1. of a bluish shade of greenplay

  Familiarity information: CYAN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CYAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("cyan" is a kind of...):

blue green; bluish green; teal (a blue-green color or pigment)

Derivation:

cyan (of a bluish shade of green)


CYAN (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: cyaner  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: cyanest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a bluish shade of green

Synonyms:

blue-green; bluish green; cyan; teal

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

cyan (a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color)


 Context examples 


A color map that varies from cyan at one extreme to magenta at the other extreme.

(Cool Color Map, NCI Thesaurus)

Atmospheric methane absorbs red light but allows blue-green light to be scattered back into space, giving each planet a cyan hue.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)



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