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cyan

solid cyan color

What is Cyan?

solid cyan color

Cyan is the “C” in CMYK, which refers to the four colors of ink in four-color process printing. CMYK is a subtractive color model.

In the subtractive model, cyan is one of the primary colors, along with magenta and yellow. These three colors are used as the basis for creating a wide range of colors by subtracting specific wavelengths of light from white light. The fourth process color, “K” or black, is added in process printing to create contrast and depth.

RELATED GLOSSARY TERMS

CMYK

magenta

yellow

black

four-color process

offset printing

subtractive model