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Cyan (from Greek ??????, meaning "blue") may be used as the name of any of
a number of a range of colors in the blue/green part of the spectrum. In
reference to the visible spectrum cyan is used to refer to the color
obtained by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light or the removal of
red from white light. As such, cyan is the complement of red in RGB and
CMYK color systems: cyan pigments absorb red light.
Cyan is also called aqua. Cyan used to be called 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 aquamarine.
Electric cyan vs. process cyan
Electric cyan (web color aqua)
The vivid cyan that is seen on an electronic display device (shown at
right) is also referred to as
