cyan

Plural: cyans

Noun

A greenish-blue color, often used in printing.
a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color
An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.

Adjective Satellite

of a bluish shade of green

Adj

Of the colour cyan.

Examples

He imagined the board bathed in ’CYAN’ as he tried to visualize color-coded letter values.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), a shade of blue variously described as similar to cornflower, copper carbonate, and lapis lazuli, Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀷𐀜 (ku-wa-no), possibly from Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “a precious stone; copper; shade of blue”). Compare modern Greek κυανός (kyanós), also used for cyan.

Synonyms

blue-green, bluish green, teal

Scrabble Score: 9

cyan: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cyan: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cyan: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

cyan: valid Words With Friends Word