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title= Magenta| |
title= Magenta| |
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r=255|g= 0|b= |
r=255|g= 0|b=255| |
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c= 0|m=255|y= 0|k= 0| |
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Along with [[yellow]] and [[cyan]], a magenta of equal amounts red and blue constitutes the three subtractive primary colors. |
Along with [[yellow]] and [[cyan]], a magenta of equal amounts red and blue constitutes the three subtractive primary colors. |
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Magenta, properly speaking, is a variant of [[purple]]. Magenta, as a color, is generally only referred to in painting, and color processing circles. A pinker shade of magenta, called [[Fuchsia (color)|fuchsia]], was assigned as an alias for the [[RGB]] code of magenta on a list of standarized web colors. Thus, there has been some confusion in distinguishing between these colors. However, the color of magenta can always be known by its processing value defintions as the [[RGB]] code is a combination of the maximum values for red and blue and no green. |
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[[Image:Magenta1.png|left|framed|spectral reflectance curve]]<br clear="left"/> |
[[Image:Magenta1.png|left|framed|spectral reflectance curve]]<br clear="left"/> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Magenta was one of the first [[aniline]] [[dye]]s, discovered shortly after the [[Battle of Magenta]] ([[1859]]), which occurred near the town of [[Magenta, Italy|Magenta]] in northern [[Italy]]. The color is named after the battle, and hence indirectly after the town. |
Magenta was one of the first [[aniline]] [[dye]]s, discovered shortly after the [[Battle of Magenta]] ([[1859]]), which occurred near the town of [[Magenta, Italy|Magenta]] in northern [[Italy]]. The color is named after the battle, and hence indirectly after the town. |
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Magenta, properly speaking, is a variant of [[purple]]. In general use, magenta itself can vary from a dark [[pink]] to the purple color <span style="color: #ff00ff;">#FF00FF</span>. This specific variant of magenta is also called [[Fuchsia (color)|Fuchsia]] after the color of the flowers of the same name, named after [[Leonhart Fuchs]]. |
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If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, magenta appears between red and blue: |
If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, magenta appears between red and blue: |
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Revision as of 22:00, 11 December 2005
- This article is about the dye color magenta. For other uses of the word, see Magenta (disambiguation).
| Magenta | |
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 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FF00FF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 255) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (300°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (60, 137, 308°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Magenta is a color made up of red and blue light. A common precise definition for the color does not exist--however, in printing, the color is made up of equal parts of red and blue. As such, this shade magenta is the complement of green: magenta pigments absorb green light. In any case, it is not a spectral color, however: the hue cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength.
Along with yellow and cyan, a magenta of equal amounts red and blue constitutes the three subtractive primary colors.
Magenta, properly speaking, is a variant of purple. Magenta, as a color, is generally only referred to in painting, and color processing circles. A pinker shade of magenta, called fuchsia, was assigned as an alias for the RGB code of magenta on a list of standarized web colors. Thus, there has been some confusion in distinguishing between these colors. However, the color of magenta can always be known by its processing value defintions as the RGB code is a combination of the maximum values for red and blue and no green.
History
Magenta was one of the first aniline dyes, discovered shortly after the Battle of Magenta (1859), which occurred near the town of Magenta in northern Italy. The color is named after the battle, and hence indirectly after the town.
If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, magenta appears between red and blue:
