Internet Colors - Set of 1035

Cyan Color 225 - #00FFFF

Cyan from Greek: meaning "dark blue" is a greenish-blue color. It is one of the primary subtractive colors used in color printing. On the traditional color wheel, cyan is located midway between blue and green. It was usually called blue-green. The name cyan or cyan-blue was first used as a color name in the 19th century. In the subtractive color model, cyan is the complementary color of red; mixing red and cyan paint will produce a gray color. In the additive color system, or RGB color model, used to create all the colors on a computer or television display, cyan is made by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light. Since it is the complement of red, it can also be made by the removal of red from white light. Mixing red light and cyan light at the right intensity on a black screen will make white. In the CMYK color model, used in color printing, cyan is one of the primary colors, along with magenta, yellow, and black, which can be overlaid to produce all different colors.