CMYK

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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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Meanings

nounCMYK (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of cyan, magenta, yellow, key: the subtractive primary colour model used in colour printing.

    Synonyms: CMYB

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cmybprocess color
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CMYK. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CMYK

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