represents the color cyan in graphics or style specifications.
Cyan
represents the color cyan in graphics or style specifications.
Details
- Cyan is a pure cyan color equivalent to RGBColor [0,1,1].
- For improved visual aesthetics, consider using the curated cyan color StandardCyan .
Background & Context
- Cyan is a symbol that represents the color cyan in graphics or style specifications. Color specifications in the Wolfram Language can appear explicitly inside a Graphics or Graphics3D expression (e.g. Graphics [{Cyan,Disk []}]), in which case they affect all subsequent expressions until another specification overrides them. They can also be used as part of an option specification, either singly (e.g. Plot [Sin [x],{x,0,2Pi },PlotStyle->Cyan]) or as part of a Directive compound expression (e.g. Plot [Cos [x],{x,0,2Pi },PlotStyle->Directive [Thick ,Cyan]]). Finally, they can appear inside Style wrappers that affect the appearance of text, equations, and notebook cells (e.g. Style ["hello",Cyan]).
- Cyan is a color located at one of the corners of the RGB color cube and evaluates to RGBColor [0,1,1].
- Named symbols for other colors include Red , Green , Blue , Black , White , Gray , Magenta Yellow , Brown , Orange , Pink , and Purple , as well as their LightRed etc. variants. Arbitrary colors can be input using Hue , RGBColor , CMYKColor , LABColor , LUVColor , or XYZColor . Colors can be modified using Lighter , Darker , and Blend . Colors may be converted between different systems using ColorConvert . The appearance of colors appearing in Graphics3D objects may be controlled using Glow , Specularity , and Lighting . The transparency of colored graphics objectives can be specified using Opacity . ColorData can be used to give a function that generates colors in a named color scheme.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Related Guides
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History
Introduced in 2004 (5.1) | Updated in 2025 (14.3)
Text
Wolfram Research (2004), Cyan, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Cyan.html (updated 2025).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2004. "Cyan." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2025. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Cyan.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2004). Cyan. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Cyan.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_cyan, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Cyan}", year="2025", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Cyan.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_cyan, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Cyan}, year={2025}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Cyan.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}