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Color:
Cyan


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Colors with the same hue:
Deep Sea Green
Skobeloff
Teal
Elm
Aqua
Pale blue
Pale turquoise
Ice Blue
Celeste
Similar colors:
Aqua
Bright turquoise
Electric blue
Turquoise
Ice Blue
Celeste
Waterspout
Chameleon
Aquamarine
Spearmint
Pale blue
Pale turquoise
Verdigris
Lagoon
Eucalyptus
Keppel
Misty Blue
Powder blue
Crystal
Diamond
Mountain Meadow
Seafoam
Mint
Moonstone
Arctic Blue
Chromium
Soft Green
Icy Blue
Frost
Drizzle
Words evoked by this color:
pool,  bubbling,  buoyancy,  buoyant,  hydrate,  hydration,  hydrated,  lucite,  bathe,  swimming,  swimmingly,  swim,  afloat,  swimmer,  bathing,  coasting,  jeannette,  splashing,  splash,  quenching,  rippled,  watered,  waters,  ripple,  quenched,  freshwater,  quencher,  fluoride,  watery,  saltwater,  moisture,  surfacing,  float,  floating,  amin,  ami,  qua,  eau,  aqua,  amino,  fluidized,  turquoise,  cyanobacteria,  osmotic,  glassy,  aqueous,  liquid,  liquefied,  cyanide,  cilium
Literary analysis:
In literature, the use of cyan often straddles both aesthetic description and technical precision. One author characterizes a “pure blue tending toward cyan blue” as a luminous shade enriched by hints of green, thus emphasizing its unique vibrancy ([1]). Meanwhile, in more functional contexts such as printing theory, cyan emerges as one of the essential colors—paired with yellow, magenta, and black—to achieve the full spectrum of images ([2], [3]). This dual display of cyan—as an evocative hue in artistic description and as a key component in technological processes—illustrates its enduring role in conveying both beauty and utility.
  1. —A pure blue tending toward cyan blue and of high luminosity; also called Hungary blue, Lethner’s blue, and Paris blue.
    — from A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma by A. H. (Albert Henry) Munsell
  2. (Color separations are the four images needed by printers—separate ones for Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and Black ink).
    — from E-mail 101 by John E. Goodwin
  3. These are the colors used by your printer: yellow, cyan (blue + green) and magenta (red + blue).
    — from A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma by A. H. (Albert Henry) Munsell


Colors associated with the word:
Turquoise
Teal
Aqua
Aquamarine 
Sky blue 
Cerulean 
Azure 
Electric blue
Baby blue
Tiffany Blue
Light Blue
Powder blue
Ice Blue
Mint
Words with similar colors:
que,  aquae,  cenote,  hydrothermal,  til,  tiq,  meer,  prana,  bay,  analog,  oasis,  lagoon,  alia,  mer,  flexibility,  goa,  bora,  oda,  aquacade,  wellspring
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