cyan blue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cyan blue
First recorded in 1875–80
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The instant the dancers, clad in cyan blue surf tops and shorts, began performing Brown’s choreography, the natural world popped, coming into sharper, more colorful focus.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
A cyan blue point on a blue light ring shows that the Echo smart speaker is listening.
From The Verge ● Oct. 27, 2021
Available in a slew of colors—including red, yellow, cyan blue and gray—this comfortable and relatively low-key pair is fitting for the office or cozying up with Netflix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2015
The waning glaciers are leaving precarious mountainside lakes of cyan blue water in their wake.
From Slate ● May 29, 2013
Cobalt Blue.—A pure blue tending toward cyan blue and of high luminosity; also called Hungary blue, Lethner’s blue, and Paris blue.
From A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma by A. H. (Albert Henry) Munsell
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