1. Plural of cyan; shades of greenish-blue color, or cyan pigments and dyes.
Usage: Often used in printing, design, and color theory contexts.

Examples

• The printer uses cyans, magentas, yellows, and blacks to create full-color images.
• The designer mixed several cyans to achieve the perfect ocean tone.
• In CMYK printing, cyans are one of the primary color components.
• The artist's palette included multiple shades of cyans and blues.
• Cyans and magentas are complementary colors in the RGB color model.