cyan
pronunciation
How to pronounce cyan in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪən]
How to pronounce cyan in American English:
US [ˈsaɪˌæn, -ən]
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- Noun:
- a blue-green that is one of the primary pigments
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- Adjective:
- a bluish shade of green
Word Origin
- cyan (n.)
- 1889, short for cyan blue (1879), from Greek 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."
Example
- 1. Did not supply enough cyan toner .
- 2. If a computer monitor displays cyan , it actually lights up both blue and green pixels in a given area .
- 3. Cyan is a unique colour in china , and played an extremely important role in ancient chinese society .
- 4. Changes into an cyan luoming saw the light at the front , then stopped two dun light .
- 5. The researchers created a strain of mice whose cells all initially glow green , but then randomly turn red , yellow , or cyan when the cells turn on ddx4 , not when researchers turn on ddx4 .