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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A greenish blue, one of the subtractive primary colors.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Same as cyanogen.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
  2. adj. Of the colour cyan.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color
  2. adj. of a bluish shade of green

Etymologies

  1. Ancient Greek κύανος (kyanos, "dark blue, dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli"), probably a non Indo-European word, but perhaps akin to, or from, Hittite *kuwanna(n)- "copper blue." (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek kuanos, dark blue. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • mager hex = #00ffff Apr 4, 2008

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