Difference between Cyan and Turquoise

What is the difference between Cyan and Turquoise?

Cyan as an adjective is of the colour cyan while Turquoise as an adjective is made of turquoise (the gemstone).

Cyan

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of the colour cyan

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

Turquoise

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made of turquoise (the gemstone).Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

Example sentence: Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius.

We hope you now know whether to use Cyan or Turquoise in your sentence.

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