Definition of "cyan" [cyan]

• A greenish blue, one of the subtractive primary colors. (noun)

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• "Scientists have used three fluorescent proteins in cyan, yellow and red – colours similar to those used by a computer printer – to colour the brain of a mouse."
• "The opposite of yellow in pigments and dyes is magenta+cyan, which is blue."
• "The first challenge is to find the colour fabrics needed: bright green, bright yellow, black and cyan, which is a bluey-green sort of pale turquiose."