The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CYAN
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More clues leading to the result CYAN
- Greenish-blue container with variable content
- Cold? No turning blue!
- Blue cheese, yoghurt and nuts for starters
- Tin containing a bit of yellow or blue- green
- Not all fancy a neutral colour
- Fancy a new fence in one of the 16 1 5
- Year in prison shade
- Shade of democracy, anarchic
- Blue? No Conservative’s upset to be that
- Caught Romeo escaping from relation in blue
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The straight part
We know that "Blue?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case blue? = cyan.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does CYAN mean?
CYAN noun- A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
- Of the colour cyan.