cyan-

¹

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

cyan-

²

1. variant of cyano- ², before a vowel.

cyan-

³

1. variant of cyano- ³, before a vowel.

cyan

⁴

[ sahy-an, sahy-uhn ]

noun

1. cyan blue.

cyan-

¹

combining_form

1. a variant of cyano-

   cyanide

   cyanamide

cyan

²

/ 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

adjective

1. of this colour

   a cyan filter

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyan-¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyan-¹

C19: from Greek kuanos 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

“We love mixing complementary colors, and the cyan and warm hues have visual elements that are part of the original film, but we’re also leading you into the musical side of this film when Lady Gaga begins to sing.”

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

If you dare to tune in to this movie, expect to fall teeth first into the underbelly of a gritty, desaturated dystopian mid-’90s metropolis, where every scene is muted in cyan, and red is the only color shown in its richest, purest form.

From New York Times

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