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Cyan

/ˈsaɪ.ən/

A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

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📖 Definitions of "Cyan"

noun

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A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

adjective

1
Of the colour cyan.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cyan"

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Word	Definition
magentanoun	Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
aquanoun	(inorganic chemistry) The compound water.
prakashnoun	A male given name from Sanskrit. It is a common name among Indic races, mostly Hindus, with some usage among Jains, Sikhs and recently Indic Christians.
chandnoun	A surname from Hindi.
cyanophilenoun	Alternative form of cyanophil. [(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye]
cyaninnoun	Alternative form of cyanine. [Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.]
cyanolnoun	Any of several blue dyes.
cyanolenoun	Alternative form of cyanol. [Any of several blue dyes.]
cyaninenoun	Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.
hydrocyaninenoun	(organic chemistry) Any of a group of dyes that can detect reactive oxygen species, reacting to form cyanine
leucocyanidenoun	(organic chemistry) Any of various colourless cyanide compounds that are readily converted to coloured forms, most often by exposure to light.
cyanidinenoun	Alternative form of cyanidin. [(organic chemistry) An anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.]
chrysophyllnoun	(organic chemistry) The yellow colouring matter in the green chlorophyll pigment of plants.
carboxycyaninenoun	Synonym of carbocyanine.
neocyaninenoun	A dye found in kryptocyanine.
œnocyannoun	(organic chemistry, obsolete) A bluish pigment found in red wine.
algocyannoun	(organic chemistry, archaic) A blue pigment found in algae, soluble in water and glycerol, with intense red fluorescence.
chromophanenoun	(biology) Any of several colouring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.
cyanidinnoun	(organic chemistry) An anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.
berlin greennoun	(art) A color of oil paint thought to resemble the color of the chemical.