Magenta facts for kids

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This box shows the color magenta.

Flower of the Fuchsia plant

Magenta is a color in between red and purple or pink and purple. Sometimes it is confused with pink or purple. In terms of the HSV (RGB) color wheel, it is the color halfway between red and purple and is composed equally of red and blue (50% red and 50% blue). Another name for magenta is fuchsia, named after the fuchsia flower.

This colour is one of the three colours of ink used by an inkjet printer, along with cyan and yellow. The tone of magenta used in printing is called "printer's magenta" (Magenta (CMYK)) and it is shown in the colour chart below.

The first written use of magenta as a colour name in English was in 1860.

Comparison of purple, magenta, rose and red
Tones of magenta colour comparison chart
Tones of fuchsia colour comparison chart
Wrapping the spectrum into a color wheel
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Comparison of purple, magenta, rose and red

Name	HEX Code	Red	Green	Blue	Hue	Sat	Lum
Purple	#A020F0	160	32	240	300°	100%	50%
Magenta	#FF00FF	255	0	255	300°	100%	100%
Magenta Rose	#FF00AF	255	0	175	319°	100%	100%
Rose	#7F00FF	255	0	127	330°	100%	100%
Red	#FE2712	254	39	18	0°	100%	100%

Tones of magenta colour comparison chart

Light Lavender Blush (Lavender Blush Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #FFF9FB) (RGB: 255, 245, 251)

Lavender Blush (web color) (Hex: #FFF0F5) (RGB: 255, 240, 245)

Purple Mist (Pantone "Pale Purple") (Hex: #FAD6FA) (RGB: 250, 230, 250)

Bright Pale Rose (Crayola colored pencils "Pale Rose") (Hex: #FFCCFF) (RGB: 255, 204, 255)

Light Magenta Mist (Pantone Magenta #0521C) (Hex: #F1B2DC) (RGB: 248, 170, 221)

Magenta Mist (Pantone Magenta #0521U) (Hex: #F8AADD) (RGB: 248, 170, 221)

Pale Magenta (Light Fuchsia Pink) (Hex: #F984EF) (RGB: 249, 132, 229)

Light Magenta (Fuchsia Pink) (Hex: #FF77FF) (RGB: 255, 119, 255)

Lavender Magenta (web color "violet") (Hex: #EE82EE) (RGB: 238, 130, 238)

Pale Plum (web color Plum) (Medium Lavender Magenta) (Hex: #DDA0DD) (RGB: 221, 160, 221)

Persian Pink (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #F77FBE) (RGB: 247, 127, 190)

Hot Pink (web color) (Hex: #FF69B4) (RGB: 255, 105, 180)

Brilliant Rose (Crayola 1949-1958; "Magenta" after 1958) (Hex: #F653A6) (RGB: 246, 83, 166)

Deep Pink (web color) (Hex: #FF1493) (RGB: 255, 20, 147)

Bright Pink (Rose) (Hex: #FF007F) (RGB: 255, 0, 127)

Printer's Magenta (Pigment Magenta) (Process Magenta) (Hex: #FF0090) (RGB: 255, 0, 144)

Fluorescent Pink (Crayola Twistable colored pencils) (Hex: #FF008F) (RGB: 255, 0, 143)

French Fuchsia (Fuchsia (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #FD3592) (RGB: 253, 63, 146)

Foobar (Hex: #F00BA4) (RGB: 240, 11, 164)

Hollywood Cerise (Fashion Fuchsia) (Venus colored pencils) (Hex: #F400A1) (RGB: 244, 0, 161)

Persian Rose (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #FE28A2) (RGB: 254, 40, 162)

Magenta Rose (Hex: #FF00AF) (RGB: 255, 0, 175)

Bright Magenta Rose (Hex: #FC51AF) (RGB: 252, 81, 175)

Neon Fuchsia (Hex: #FE59C2) (RGB: 254, 89, 104)

Shocking Pink (Elsa Schiaparelli) (Hex: #FC0FC0) (RGB: 252, 15, 192)

Razzle Dazzle Rose (Crayola) (Hex: #FF33CC) (RGB: 255, 51, 204)

Purple Pizzazz (Crayola) (Hex: #FE4EDA) (RGB: 254, 78, 218)

Pink Flamingo (Crayola) (Hex: #FC47FD) (RGB: 252, 116, 253)

Ultra Pink (aka Crayola "Shocking Pink") (Hex: #FF6FFF) (RGB: 255, 111, 255)

Cool Magenta (Hex: #FF66FF) (RGB: 255, 102, 255)

Magenta (Electric Magenta) (web color Fuchsia) (Hex: #FF00FF) (RGB: 255, 0, 255)

Pink-Purple (Hex: #EF1DE7) (RGB: 239, 29, 231)

Amaranth Magenta (Hex: #ED3CCA) (RGB: 237, 60, 202)

Hot Magenta (Crayola) (Hex: #FF00CC) (RGB: 255, 0, 204)

Brilliant Medium Magenta (Medium Magenta (Liquitex Paint Markers #0500)) (Hex: #F8227F) (RGB: 248, 34, 127)

Spanish Fuchsia (Fuchsia (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #E30052) (RGB: 227, 0, 82)

Cerise Magenta (Magenta (Crayola Twistable colored pencils)) (Hex: #DE3163) (RGB: 222, 49, 99)

Telemagenta (RAL) (Hex: #D72D6D) (RGB: 215, 45, 109)

Medium Rich Magenta (Prismacolor PC930 Magenta) (Pre-1990s) (Hex: #C32350) (RGB: 195, 35, 80)

Magenta (Pantone) (Magenta Grey) (Pantone TPX 17-2036) (Hex: #D0417E) (RGB: 208, 65, 126)

Rich Magenta (Magenta Dye) (Original Magenta) (Hex: #CA1F7B) (RGB: 202, 31, 123)

Red-Purple (Gallego & Sanz) (Hex: #E40078) (RGB: 228, 0, 120)

Spanish Magenta (Magenta (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #D40D7D) (RGB: 212, 13, 125)

Amaranth Cerise (Hex: #CD2682) (RGB: 205, 38, 130)

Red-Violet (Pigment Purple) (web color Medium Violet Red) (Hex: #C71585) (RGB: 199, 21, 133)

Medium Red-Violet (Crayola Red Violet) (Hex: #BB3385) (RGB: 187, 51, 133)

Permanent Magenta (Winsor & Newton acrylics #488) (Hex: #99005D) (RGB: 153, 0, 93)

Quinacridone Magenta (Liquitex Heavy Body #114) (Hex: #8E3A59) (RGB: 142, 58, 89)

Red-Violet Eggplant (Hex: #990066) (RGB: 153, 0, 102)

Amaranth Purple (Hex: #9F2B68) (RGB: 159, 43, 104)

Jazzberry Jam (Crayola) (Hex: #A50B5E) (RGB: 165, 11, 94)

Royal Heath (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #AB3472) (RGB: 171, 52, 114)

Fuchsia Red (Pantone TPX 18-2328) (Hex: #B33A7F) (RGB: 179, 58, 127)

Fuchsia Rose (Pantone 2001 Color of the Year) (Hex: #C74375) (RGB: 199, 67, 117)

Fuchsia Purple (Pantone TPX 18-2436) (Hex: #CC397B) (RGB: 204, 57, 123)

Royal Fuchsia (Hex: #CA2C92) (RGB: 202, 44, 146)

Mulberry (Crayola) (Hex: #C54B8C) (RGB: 197, 75, 140)

Fandango (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #B53389) (RGB: 181, 51, 137)

Medium Magenta (Liquitex Heavy Body #510) (Hex: #B41880) (RGB: 180, 24, 128)

Deep Magenta Rose (Hex: #C120A2) (RGB: 193, 32, 162)

Byzantine (Maerz & Paul) (Hex:BD33A4) (RGB: 189, 51, 164)

Vivid Magenta (Magenta (MIR Acrylics)) (Hex: #CD00CC) (RGB: 205, 0, 204)

Deep Magenta (Hex: #CC00CC) (RGB: 204, 0, 204)

Steel Pink (Crayola Ultra colored pencils) (Hex: #CC33CC) (RGB: 204, 51, 204)

Orchid (web color) (Hex: #DA70D6) (RGB: 218, 112, 240) (CMYK: 0,49,2,15)

Sky Magenta (Medium Lavender Pink) (Venus colored pencils) (Hex: #CF71AF) (RGB: 207, 113, 175)

Deep Fuchsia (Crayola Fuchsia) (Hex: #C154C1) (RGB: 193, 84, 193)

Medium Orchid (web color) (Hex: #BA55D3) (RGB: 183, 85, 211)

Antique Fuchsia (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #915C83) (RGB: 145, 92, 131)

Magenta Haze (Pantone TPX 18-2525) (Hex: #9F4576) (RGB: 159, 69, 118)

Violet-Eggplant (Chinese Eggplant) (Hex: #991199) (RGB: 153, 17, 153)

Dark Magenta (web color) (Hex: #8B008B) (RGB: 139, 0, 139)

Purple (HTML/CSS web color Purple) (Patriarch) (Hex: #800080) (RGB: 128, 0, 128)

Plum (Crayola) (Hex: #843179) (RGB: 132, 49, 121)

Byzantium (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #702963) (RGB: 112, 41, 99)

Palatinate Purple (Hex: #682860) (RGB: 104, 40, 96)

Magenta Purple (Pantone TPX 19-2428) (Hex: #723157) (RGB: 114, 49, 87)

Eggplant (Crayola) (Aubergine) (Hex: #664051) (RGB: 97, 64, 81)

Dark Byzantium (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #5D3954) (RGB: 93, 57, 84)

Purple Taupe (Hex: #50404D) (RGB: 80, 64, 77)

Tones of fuchsia colour comparison chart

Although magenta and fuchsia are the same colour, the chart below (the colors displayed on which are also shown in the magenta colour chart above) shows those tones of magenta which are specifically named fuchsia.

Light Fuchsia Pink (Pale Magenta) (Hex: #F984EF) (RGB: 249, 132, 229)

Fuchsia Pink (Light Magenta) (Hex: #FF77FF) (RGB: 255, 119, 255)

Neon Fuchsia (Hex: #FE59C2) (RGB: 254, 89, 104)

Spanish Fuchsia (Fuchsia (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #E30052) (RGB: 227, 0, 82)

French Fuchsia (Fuchsia (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #FD3592) (RGB: 253, 63, 146)

Fashion Fuchsia (Hollywood Cerise) (Hex: #F400A1) (RGB: 244, 0, 161)

Fuchsia (web color Fuchsia) (Electric Magenta) (Hex: #FF00FF) (RGB: 255, 0, 255)

Red-Purple (Gallego & Sanz) (Hex: #E40078) (RGB: 228, 0, 120)

Royal Fuchsia (Hex: #CA2C92) (RGB: 202, 44, 146)

Fuchsia Purple (Pantone TPX 18-2436) (Hex: #CC397B) (RGB: 204, 57, 123)

Fuchsia Rose (Pantone 2001 Color of the Year) (Hex: #C74375) (RGB: 199, 67, 117)

Fuchsia Red (Pantone TPX 18-2328) (Hex: #B33A7F) (RGB: 179, 58, 127)

Antique Fuchsia (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #915C83) (RGB: 145, 92, 131)

Wrapping the spectrum into a color wheel

If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, magenta (additive secondary) appears midway between red and violet:

Visible spectrum wrapped to join violet and red in an additive mixture of magenta

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Cone and rod response curves. Note that a purple response is elicited in the brain by stimulating H and L (through its secondary sensitivity) cones but little to no M stimulus.
An 1864 map showing the Duchy of Bouillon in magenta
In the RGB colour model, used to make colors on computer and television displays, magenta is created by the combination of equal amounts of blue and red light.
Magenta took its name in 1860 from this aniline dye that was originally called "fuchsine", after the fuchsia flower.
Magenta has been used in color printing since the late nineteenth century. Images are printed in three colors; magenta, cyan, and yellow, which when combined can make all colors. This image from 1902 is using the alternative RYB colour model instead.
Color printers today use magenta, cyan, and yellow ink to produce the full range of colors.
Magenta is the complementary colour of green. The two colors combined in the RGB model form white. Side-by-side, they provide the highest possible contrast and reinforce each other's brightness.
The Indonesian Marine Corps beret color is magenta purple.
Magenta, along with mauve, made with the newly discovered aniline dyes, became a popular fashion color in the second half of the nineteenth century. It appeared in art in this 1890 work, Psyche, by Bouguereau.
Paul Gauguin, Portrait of Marie Lagadu (1890).
Henri Matisse, Les toits de Collioure (1905). Henri Matisse and the other painters of the Fauvist movement were the first to make a major use of magenta to surprise and make an impact on the emotions of the viewer.
In the 1960s, magenta was a popular color in psychedelic art, such as this concert poster for the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco (1967).
Artist's vision of a spectral class T brown dwarf
Coral from the Persian Gulf
An Andean flamingo, (Phoenicopterus andinus)
A dragonfly, or Anisoptera Ana Cotta
Pseudanthias tuka, a reef fish from the Indian Ocean
Orchid Phalaenopsis
Rhododendron
Clematis "Sunset"
Geranium sanguineum
Dahlia "Hillcrest Royal"
Rambler rose
Syringa "Paul Deschanel"
Lily "Malinoviy Zvon"
Polemoniaceae, or phlox
A cactus flower
Achillea "Staroe Burgundskoe"
Mirabilis jalapa "Four O'Clock Flower"
Indian 2000 rupee note, obverse
Indian 2000 rupee note, reverse