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==Gallery== <gallery> File:Green and blue make cyan.png|In the [[RGB color model]], used to make colors on computer and TV displays, cyan is created by the combination of green and blue light. File:RGB color wheel.svg|In the [[RGB]] and [[CMYK color model|CMY(K)]] color wheel, cyan is midway between blue and green. File:SubtractiveColor.svg|In the [[CMYK color model]], used in color printing, cyan, [[magenta]] and [[yellow]] combined make black. In practice, since the inks are not perfect, some black ink is added. File:Refill Ink Kit Color crop.jpg|Color printers today use, magenta, cyan and yellow ink to produce a wide range of colors. File:Komplementärfarben cyan auf rot.svg|Cyan and red are complementary colors in most color spaces (mixing them in equal amounts produces an achromatic color). They have a strong contrast. File:Wham-a different corner.jpg|Cyan is the color of shallow water over a sandy beach. The water absorbs the color red from the sunlight, leaving a greenish-blue color. File:Samarkand05.jpg|The dome of the [[Tilla Kari Mosque]] in [[Samarkand]], [[Uzbekistan]] (1660) is cyan. The color is widely used in architecture in Turkey and Central Asia. File:Uranus_Voyager2_color_calibrated.png|The planet [[Uranus]], seen from the ''[[Voyager 2]]'' spacecraft. The cyan color comes from a combination of [[methane gas]] and atmospheric haze in the planet's atmosphere. File:Wirbelsäulenoperation OKM.jpg|alt=A surgical team in Germany. It has been suggested that surgeons and nurses adopted a cyan-colored gown and operating rooms because it is complementary to the color of red blood and thus reduced glare, though the evidence for this claim is limited.|A surgical team in Germany. It has been suggested that surgeons and nurses adopted a cyan-colored gown and operating rooms because it contrasts the color of red blood, thus reducing glare,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Belkin |title=Surgical scrubs--where we were, where we are going. |journal=Todays Surg Nurse |date=March–April 1998 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=28–34 |pmid=10026627}}</ref> though the evidence for this claim is limited. File:Old photo colors degredated into cyan.jpg|The pigments in color photographs may degrade at different rates, potentially resulting in a cyan tint. </gallery>
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