Cyan Cyan Cyan ( or rarely, ) is a greenish-blue color. It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength of between 490520 nm, between the wavelengths of green and blue. In the subtractive color system, or CMYK (subtractive), which can be overlaid to produce all colors in paint and color printing, cyan is one of the primary colors, along with magenta, yellow, and black. In the additive color system, or RGB (additive) color model, used to create all the colors on a computer or television display, cyan is made by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light. Cyan is
Blue–green distinction in language for each of blue (""), green ("") and grey (""). For all three, different shades can be indicated with different (compound) terms, none of them being considered as basic color terms: "bleu " (light blue), "bleu " (sky blue), "bleu " (Navy blue), "bleu " (royal blue); "vert clair" (light green), "vert " (literally: apple green); "gris " (very dark grey), "gris " (literally: mouse grey). French also uses "" for the lighter shade of blue of the sunny sky, that was in turn loaned to English as "azure". Catalan distinguishes blue (') from green (') and grey ('). Other