CMY

C3M3Y4

A form of cyan — An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.

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RGB
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Meanings

nounCMY (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemediaInitialism of cyan, magenta, yellow; a subtractive primary colour model.

    Antonyms: RGB

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