About

cyan is:

• a hue color (chromatic)
• a pure color without additive.
• one of the percepted human colors.
• is used as primary color:
  • coordinate in a colorspace (for instance the cmyk colorspace)
  • in a cymk wheel
• located at 500 nm on the visual spectrum
• below green in the visual spectrum
• above blue in the visual spectrum
• located at 240 degree in the subtractive wheel (cymk)
• a minus color (subtractive color)
• used mostly in a subtractive color model - ie with pigment (painting, printing, inking) and not with light (screen, monitor,…)
• is a cool color

The complementary color of cyan is:

• in a additive model: red
• in a subtractive model: Tangelo

In a additive model, cyan is obtained by adding green to blue

Identifier

Identifier:

• Coordinates in RGB:
  • #00FFFF
  • 0,255,255
• Name: cyan

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