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Cyan (from s absorb red light. In RYB color space cyan is the compliment of red-orange.

''Cyan'' is also called Aqua or ''blue-green''. The name "cyan" for printer's cyan has been in use since 1889 . Merriam Webster's College Dictionary, 10th Edition, 1994, see under entry "cyan".

Some shades of color close to cyan in the cyan color range are Baby Blue , Turquoise , and light blue.


VARIATIONS OF CYAN


Electric cyan (web color aqua) (electrical blue)

  Title Cyan (additive secondary)
  Hex 00FFFF
  R 0g=255b=255
  C 100m=0y=0k=0
  H 180s=100v=100


  Title Cyan (subtractive primary)
  Hex 00B7EB
  R 0g=180b=247
  C 100m=0y=0k=0
  H 180s=100v=100