Cyan
/ˈsaɪ.ən/noun
A greenish-blue color.
Did you know?Cyan ultimately comes from Greek kyanos, a word for dark blue that also helped name a famous ancient pigment associated with deep, intense color in art and craft.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
kyanos
“dark blue, deep blue glaze or enamel”
Late Latin
Latin
cyanos
“blue color term borrowed from Greek”
18th–19th Century
French/Scientific English
cyan
“a blue-green color term used in scientific color classification”
Modern English
English
cyan
“a greenish-blue color, especially one of the subtractive primary colors in printing and digital color systems”