cyan

¹ American  

[sahy-an, sahy-uhn] / ˈsaɪ æn, ˈsaɪ ən /

noun

1. cyan blue.

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cyan- ² American  

1. variant of cyano-, usually before a vowel or h: cyanamide.

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cyan- ³ American  

1. variant of cyano-, before a vowel.

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cyan- ⁴ American  

1. variant of cyano-, before a vowel.

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cyan ¹ British  

/ ˈsaɪən, ˈsaɪæn /

noun

1. a highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of red and forms, with magenta and yellow, a set of primary colours

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adjective

1. of this colour

   a cyan filter

cyan- ² British  

combining form

1. a variant of cyano-

   cyanamide

   cyanide

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Etymology

Origin of cyan

First recorded in 1885–90, cyan is from the Greek word kýanos dark blue

Example Sentences

Through the window of an upper floor office in West Hollywood, the sky changed from cyan to navy and then indigo blue.

From Los Angeles Times

For instance, Impossible Foods, one of the leading plant-based meat brands in the country, debuted new, red packaging — a departure from their current cyan labels — today at Natural Products Expo West.

From Salon

Overhead, the newsprint whips by in a blur, running through a succession of cylinders inked cyan, magenta, yellow and black, before converging into a central machine that folds and cuts it into individual papers.

From Los Angeles Times

He and his team found that both worlds are in fact a similar shade of greenish blue, despite the commonly-held belief that Neptune is a deep azure and Uranus has a pale cyan appearance.

From Science Daily

But such materials appear cyan or even green, rather than a deep blue.

From Science Daily