Canon GI-490 Cyan Ink Bottle

Blue. Turquoise. Teal. Green. Aquamarine. Purple-blue. These are the colours that convey trust, professionalism, calm, and technology — the colours that dominate corporate branding, water photography, sky imagery, and any design that needs to communicate stability and reliability. Yet these colours cannot exist without cyan ink. Blue emerges from combining cyan with magenta. Teal appears when cyan meets yellow. Green requires cyan and yellow in precise balance. Professional purple-blue depends on cyan and magenta working together. The Canon GI-490 Cyan Ink Bottle is the component that makes all of this possible, delivering up to 7,000 pages of vivid, clear cyan colour output from a single 70-millilitre dye-based ink bottle. When paired with the magenta, yellow, and black GI-490 bottles, the cyan ink completes the full-colour spectrum, enabling your PIXMA G-series printer to reproduce the cool, professional, trustworthy colours that establish credibility and visual impact.

Why the Canon GI-490 Cyan Is Essential For Professional, Trustworthy Colour

Colour printing is only as good as your cyan. Magenta and yellow alone cannot create the cool, professional tones that communicate trust and credibility. A corporate logo without cyan vibrancy looks warm and unprofessional. A technology product photograph without accurate cyan lacks the technological clarity that the subject demands. A business photograph of water, sky, or professional settings without rich cyan saturation loses the coolness and depth that makes the environment compelling. The GI-490 Cyan Ink Bottle solves this problem by delivering dye-based cyan ink engineered specifically for colour clarity and professional output.

At 70 millilitres, the bottle yields up to 7,000 pages when used as part of a full colour set — an extraordinary volume that makes professional-quality colour printing genuinely economical. Unlike cartridge systems where cyan cartridges are expensive and frustratingly short-lived, the GI-490 system makes cyan abundantly available. Your cyan no longer runs out first during photography printing sessions; instead, all colour inks yield similarly, ensuring balanced ink consumption across the full spectrum. This means colour printing consistency — your prints maintain colour accuracy session after session, refill after refill.

Dye-Based Cyan For Clear, Bright, Professional Colour

The GI-490 Cyan uses dye-based ink, engineered specifically for colour clarity and professional output. Dye-based cyan ink molecules dissolve fully into the liquid medium, delivering maximum colour clarity and smooth colour gradation — the subtle transitions between cool tones that separate amateur output from professional results. Whether you are printing a technology product photograph where cyan clarity is essential, a corporate design where professional blue communicates trust, a landscape photograph with vivid sky or water, or a business presentation with corporate branding colours, the GI-490 cyan delivers the clarity and professionalism required.

This dye-based formula pairs perfectly with the magenta and yellow colours in the GI-490 system, creating a complementary triad that produces the full visible spectrum. Cyan is the cool counterpart to warm magenta — together, they enable your printer to reproduce any colour imaginable, from subtle pastels to deep, saturated jewel tones. Without cyan, your printer cannot reproduce blues, greens, purples, or cool skin tones.

Higher Page Yield — Cyan That Sustains Professional Printing

Just like magenta and yellow, the GI-490 Cyan bottle is 70 millilitres — smaller than the 135-millilitre black bottle — yet delivers the same impressive 7,000+ page yield. This is because colour inks are used more sparingly than black ink in typical colour printing. Cyan at full saturation is reserved for specific design elements, colour blocks, and cool-toned subjects like skies, water, and technology. Therefore, a 70ml bottle stretches significantly further than its size suggests, making cyan economically abundant rather than a precious resource that demands rationing.

Complete Spectrum With Magenta, Yellow, And Black

Cyan is one component of a complete four-colour printing system. Magenta creates warm reds, pinks, and purples. Yellow creates warm golds and greens. Cyan creates cool blues and greens, and when combined with magenta, creates professional purples. When all three colour inks are combined in precise ratios with black, your printer can reproduce any colour in the visible spectrum. Blue emerges from cyan plus magenta. Green emerges from cyan plus yellow. Teal emerges from cyan, yellow, and magenta in balanced proportion. This versatility means colour is not a single-use luxury; it is a practical option for nearly any printing task.

Colour-Coded Nozzle Design For Safe, Mess-Free Refilling

Refilling colour inks should be intuitive and foolproof. The GI-490 Cyan features a colour-coded nozzle that is mechanically designed to fit only into the cyan tank opening — preventing the possibility of cyan being poured into the magenta or yellow tank by mistake. The spill-resistant nozzle design ensures the ink flows cleanly into the tank without spills onto your hands, desk, or printer exterior. Refilling takes minutes and requires no special tools or technical knowledge.

Perfect For

The Canon GI-490 Cyan Ink Bottle is essential for anyone wanting to harness the full colour printing capability of their Canon PIXMA G-series MegaTank printer:

• Technology and corporate professionals: print materials with corporate blue branding and technology product photography where cyan clarity is essential
• Landscape and nature photographers: print stunning sky and water photography with vivid, clear cyan tones
• Business and marketing professionals: produce corporate branding materials, presentations, and marketing collateral with professional blue colours
• Graphic designers and brand agencies: create designs with trustworthy cool colour palettes and corporate blue
• Real estate professionals: print property listings with vibrant sky and appealing colour reproduction
• Environmental and sustainability brands: print materials showcasing water, forests, and natural environments with accurate cool tones
• IT and software companies: print product documentation, marketing materials, and branding with technology-forward cyan tones
• Educators and trainers: create educational materials, posters, and presentations with professional, trustworthy colour
• Non-profits focused on environment, water, or technology: produce fundraising and awareness materials with compelling cool colours
• Anyone wanting to print colour photographs and graphics affordably: the GI-490 system makes professional colour economically viable

Standout Features at a Glance

• Genuine Canon GI-490 Cyan Ink Bottle
• High-yield 70ml capacity
• 7,000+ page yield (when used as part of full colour set)
• Dye-based cyan ink for vivid, clear colour
• Bright, professional cyan colour reproduction
• Smooth colour gradation for professional results
• Compatible with PIXMA G1400, G1410, G1411, G2400, G2410, G2411, G3400, G3410, G3411, G4400, G4410, G4411
• Works with Canon’s MegaTank refillable ink system
• Part of complete four-colour system (cyan, magenta, yellow, black)
• Colour-coded nozzle prevents cross-contamination and misfills
• Spill-resistant design for mess-free refilling
• Direct pour into ink tank — no cartridge extraction required
• Delivers professional-quality colour prints
• Cost per colour page dramatically lower than cartridge-based printing
• Environmental friendly — reduces disposable cartridge waste
• Consistent colour accuracy across thousands of pages
• Engineered specifically for Canon PIXMA G-series printers
• Part number: 0664C001
• Used in combination with GI-490 Magenta, Yellow, and Black for full-colour printing

The Colour That Establishes Professional Credibility And Cool Clarity

The Canon GI-490 Cyan Ink Bottle is where professional, trustworthy colour comes from. Without cyan, you cannot print vibrant blues, compelling greens, professional purples, or convincing sky and water tones. With it — paired with magenta and yellow — you unlock the full colour spectrum at a cost per page that makes professional colour printing genuinely affordable. Seven thousand pages of clear, vivid cyan from a single small bottle makes the economics of colour printing unrecognisable compared to cartridge-based systems that treat cyan as a luxury.

Recommended Action: If you own a Canon PIXMA G-series MegaTank printer and want to unlock genuine colour printing with accurate, vivid colour reproduction, invest in a complete set of GI-490 colour bottles — cyan, magenta, and yellow — along with the black GI-490, and experience what professional-quality, economical colour printing truly means.

Stop limiting yourself to black and white because colour is too expensive, stop accepting washed-out or unclear cyan from cheap cartridges, stop paying for the cartridge housing rather than the ink — choose the Canon GI-490 Cyan and join the complete four-colour system that transforms colour printing into a genuinely affordable, economical option for any printing need.