Fuchsia (color)
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Fuchsia is a color named after the flower of the fuchsia plant. Fuchsia is used as an alias (alternate name) for electric magenta.
There is also a somewhat redder and slightly less saturated hue termed fashion fuchsia that is used in women's fashion (it is also called Hollywood cerise).
The first recorded use of fuchsia as a color name in English was in 1892. <ref> Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill--Page 195; Color Sample of Fuchsia Page 123 Plate 50 Color Sample I 12 </ref>
[edit] Fuchsia (web color) (Electric Magenta)
| Fuchsia (web color) | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #FF00FF | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 255) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (0, 100, 0, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (300°, 100%, 100%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
This color gained currency in computer usage as an alias for #FF00FF, full magenta (often semi-erroneously called bright pink or vivid pink). Specifying fuchsia in Cascading Style Sheets will yield that color. It is part of the Windows VGA 16-color palette. It is also commonly used as a transparency key.
Before 1958, this color was called brilliant rose in Crayola. After 1958, the name of the color was changed to Magenta (the Crayola color is not exactly this color--it is a lot closer to the color Rose--go to Shades of Magenta Comparison Chart in article on Magenta to see the difference). Go to [1]--Colors found in antique Crayola boxes but not found on Crayola's own color chronology.
There are a number of colors in the fuchsia/magenta range. Some of them are indicated below and color bands displaying the various shades of magenta for comparison are appended to the magenta article.
In 1949, the color names of Crayola crayons were reformed and became more scientific, more of the names of the colors of the crayons being based on the names of colors in the original 1934 edition of the Dictionary of Color and the color names of the Munsell Colour System. Crayola crayons set up a color naming system similar to that used in the Munsell Color Wheel, except that violet instead of purple (defined by Munsell as a violet shading toward the red) was used as the primary color on the color wheel between red and blue. The rough crayon equivalent of this color on the Crayola color wheel was thus named violet red (although the crayon color was less saturated). This is equivalent to the pure chroma on Munsell Color Wheel of the Munsell Colour System that is designated as "5RP" (reddish purple) i.e., a red that is shaded toward purple, i.e., "violet" in the color name "violet red" is used as an adjective modifying the noun "red" (the color we can achieve today with computers is a more saturated pure color wheel chroma hue than the original color chip shown on the Munsell color wheel diagram in the Munsell Colour System article). In 1972, a new Crayola crayon color was introduced called hot magenta which is the closest equivalent to this color in Crayola crayons. (See List of Crayola crayon colors.)
This color is called "Fuchsia" in A Dictionary of Color. That is why the name fuchsia was chosen as the equivalent to the secondary color of light magenta, because A Dictionary of Color' was the primary reference on color names (besides the Munsell Book of Color) before the introduction of personal computers. The color shown is somewhat brighter than most actual flowers of the fuchsia plant. The color shown as magenta in A Dictionary of Color is a different color than the color shown as fuchsia and is the original color magenta now called rich magenta (see article on magenta).
[edit] Light Fuchsia Pink (Pale Magenta)
| Light Fuchsia Pink | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #F984EF | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (249, 132, 229) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (1, 100, 2, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (300°, 27%, 94%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
Displayed at right is the color light fuchsia pink.
This color is also called pale magenta.
[edit] Fuchsia Pink (Light Magenta)
| Fuchsia Pink | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #FF77FF | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (255, 119, 255) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (2, 100, 1, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (300°, 47%, 84%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
Displayed at right is the color fuchsia pink.
This color is also called light magenta.
[edit] Fashion Fuchsia (Hollywood Cerise)
| Hollywood Cerise | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #F400A1 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (244, 0, 161) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (0, 100, 34, 4) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (320°, 100%, 96%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
In womens fashion circles, the color displayed at right, fashion fuchsia is known as a popular color for clothing, shoes, and accessories, where it is a slightly less saturated hue of pink than Shocking pink.
In the 1950s, a popular brand of colored pencils, Venus Paradise, had a colored pencil called Hollywood cerise which was this color. To compare to regular cerise, go to article on cerise. Before being renamed "Hollywood cerise" in the 1940s, the color had before that, since 1922, been known simply as Hollywood. <ref> Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Hollywood in Index, Page 196 and Color Sample of Hollywood, Page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample K5 </ref>
[edit] Deep Fuchsia
| Deep Fuchsia | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #C154C1 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (193, 84, 193) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (24, 87, 24, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (300°, 67%, 72%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
Displayed at right is the color deep fuchsia. Parts of some fuchsia flowers are this deeper color of fuchsia.
This color has equal proportions of red and blue like the web color fuchsia, but has some green also and therefore is a deeper (darker) color. This is the color that is labeled fuchsia in the List of Crayola crayon colors.
[edit] Fandango
| Fandango | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #B55489 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (184, 84, 137) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (24, 88, 16, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (310°, 27%, 42%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
Displayed at right is the color fandango.
The first recorded use of fandango as a color name in English was in 1925. <ref> Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill--Page 195; Color Sample of Fandango Page 127 Plate 52 Color Sample L 10 </ref>
[edit] Royal Fuchsia
| Royal Fuchsia | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #CA2C92 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (202, 44, 146) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (21, 92, 0, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (290°, 67%, 44%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
Displayed at right is the color royal fuchsia.
The source of this color is the following color chart: [2] (See color sample of Royal Fuchsia)
[edit] Shades of Fuchsia Color Comparison Chart
- Light Fuchsia Pink (Pale Magenta) (Hex: #F984EF) (RGB: 249, 132, 229)
- Fuchsia Pink (Light Magenta) (Hex: #FF77FF) (RGB: 255, 119, 255)
- Fuchsia (web color Fuchsia) (Electric Magenta) (Hex: #FF00FF) (RGB: 255, 0, 255)
- Deep Fuchsia (Crayola Fuchsia) (Hex: #C154C1) (RGB: 193, 84, 193)
- Fandango (Hex: #B55489) (RGB: 181, 84, 137)
- Royal Fuchsia (Hex: #CA2C92) (RGB: 202, 44, 146)
- Fashion Fuchsia (Hollywood Cerise) (Hex: #F400A1) (RGB: 244, 0, 161)
[edit] Fuchsia in Human Culture
- Fuchsia (normally the magenta equivalent fuchsia) was a popular color for interior decoration in combination with orange in the 1970s in the United States.
- In the original Pokemon games there is a city named Fuchsia City.
- In Gay slang, a beautiful, attractive woman is known as a fuchsia queen. <ref> Rodgers, Bruce Gay Talk: The Queen's Vernacular--A Dictionary of Gay Slang New York:1972--Paragon Books, G.P. Putnam's Sons Page 87 -- Fuchsia queen </ref>
- In the handkerchief code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a fuchsia bandana means you are into spanking.
[edit] References
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[edit] Further reading
Maerz and Paul, Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Page 122: Plate 50 --Color Sample 12I "Fuchsia"
[edit] See also
| Web colors | black | silver | gray | white | red | maroon | purple | fuchsia | green | lime | olive | yellow | orange | blue | navy | teal | aqua |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shades of red | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alizarin | Burgundy | Cardinal | Carmine | Cerise | Chestnut | Crimson | Falu red | Fuchsia | Magenta | Maroon | Mauve |
| Red | Red-violet | Rust | Puce | Sangria | Scarlet | Terra cotta | Vermilion | Amaranth | Rose | Hollywood Cerise | Shocking Pink |
| Shades of pink | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink | Carnation | Fuchsia | Magenta | Salmon Pink |
| Deep Pink | Hollywood Cerise | Hot Pink | Medium Pink | Shocking Pink |
| Shades of violet | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amethyst | Cerise | Eggplant | Fuchsia | Heliotrope | Indigo | Lavender | Lavender blush | Lilac | Magenta | Mauve | Mountbatten pink |
| Orchid | Persian indigo | Purple | Red-violet | Sangria | Thistle | Violet | Violet-eggplant | Wisteria | Rose | Lavender rose | Lavender gray |
| Shades of violet without swatches | |||||||||||
| Iris | Palatinate | Purpure | |||||||||
