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Fuschia vs. Magenta — What's the Difference?

Fuschia vs. Magenta — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fuschia and Magenta

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Fuschia

Misspelling of fuchsia

Magenta

Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as purplish-red, reddish-purple or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue.

Magenta

A light mauvish-crimson which is one of the primary subtractive colours, complementary to green
A short magenta dress
Bright pink double flowers each lined in dark magenta

Magenta

See fuchsin.

Magenta

A purplish red, one of the subtractive primary colors.
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Magenta

A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.

Magenta

Having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Magenta

An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; - so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsin, fuchsine, roseïne, etc.

Magenta

The purplish-red color of magenta.

Magenta

A dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

Magenta

A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

Magenta

Deep purplish red

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