Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A greenish-blue color; the color of the spectrum from. 505 to. 487 micron, or of such light mixed with white.
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Examples
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Rood, who follows Von Bezold in rejecting the term, brings forward the further objection that the tint of the pigment indigo more nearly corresponds in hue though it is darker with the cyan-blue region lying between green and blue.
I'm assailed in the local paper for failing to take the 9/11 truthers seriously. Ann Althouse 2008
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The green in the background was not replaced by cyan (i.e., the green-blue gradient should have been a cyan-blue one).
Planet KDE 2010
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After arrival in Siquijor you will notice at first the cyan-blue bay at the jetty!
nomad4ever 2009
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