cyan

/ˈsaɪæn/ (bre, ipa) · [saɪˈæn] /ˈsaɪæn/ (ame, ipa) · [saɪˈæn] /ˈsī-ˌan -ən/ (ame, mw) · /ˈsaɪ.ən/ (bre, ipa) · [saɪˈæn] /ˈsaɪ.ən/ (ame, ipa)

cyan — noun

1. A vivid blue-green colour that serves as one of the basic pigment inks in the fo

1.名詞B1
釋義

A vivid blue-green colour that serves as one of the basic pigment inks in the four-colour printing process, where it works together with magenta and yellow to create a broad range of other colours.

例句

The artist mixed cyan with yellow to create different shades of green for the landscape.

collocation: cyan + yellow + magenta trio in printing

Mateo saw the cyan ink cartridge was almost empty when he printed the poster.

同義詞
  • turquoise

    lighter and more green than cyan; a gemstone colour

  • teal

    darker and contains more green than cyan

  • azure

    much bluer and brighter than cyan; a sky colour

用法筆記

Uncountable when referring to the colour as a substance or concept. Countable only in specialised printing contexts (e.g. 'the printer uses four cyans').

常見錯誤

❌Cyan is a type of blue.
✅Cyan is a greenish-blue colour that contains both blue and green.
💡cyan is not simply a shade of blue; it sits between blue and green on the colour spectrum.

cyan — adjective