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Fuchsia is a bright pink color composed of red tinged with blue. This is based on the color of one of the first artificial dyes introduced in 1859 that was initially marketed as fuchsine. The same dye was latter marketed as magenta. As such, magenta and fuchsia are essentially the same color. Being one of the first artificial dyes, fuchsia was perceived as an unbelievably bright color in the 19th century and was popular in the fashions of the day alongside other early synthetics such as mauve. The following are common types of fuchsia.
Old Fuchsia #915c83 Dark Fuchsia #9e2c6a Fandango #b53389 Fuchsia Rose #c74375 Royal Fuchsia #ca2c92 Magenta Pink #cc338b Fuchsia Purple #cc397b Red-Purple #e40078 Pastel Fuchsia #e47cb8 Fashion Fuchsia #f400a1 French Fuchsia #fd3f92 Neon Fuchsia #fe4164 Fuchsia #2 #ff0088 Hot Magenta #ff00cc Fuchsia #ff00ff Fuchsia Pink #ff77ff
NotesFuchsia is often defined as purple+red. However, purple itself is red+blue. As such, it is more direct to say that fuchsia is composed of red with a tinge of blue. Mixes of red+blue are perceived as purple where they are close to blue. Where they are close to red they are perceived as pink. Fuchsia is perceived as pink and is close to other bright pinks such as hot pink.
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