Magenta
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- This article is about the color magenta. For other uses of the word, see
| Magenta | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| #FF00FF | ||
| (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 255) | |
| (c, m, |
(3, 100, 0, 0) | |
| (h, |
(300°, 100%, 100%) | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. This would be the precise definition of the color. It is a pure
Magenta lies on the
In popular usage, the term magenta itself can be used to indicate a variety of colors. For the names of various of the colors in the magenta range, see the section at the bottom of this article called "Shades of Magenta".
Magenta is not a spectral but an extraspectral color: it cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength. Humans, being
[edit] Could tetrachromats see magenta on the spectrum?
Some have speculated humans might be able to see
Others regard the foregoing speculation as problematic: colors are often considered not to be external realities, but representations or constructions by the (human) psyche so that there is no necessary connection between any electro-magnetic wavelength and a subjective color perception. There would then be no reason why a creature whose eyes are stimulated by ultraviolet would not simply connect this wavelength with the experience of violet. If the creature were a true tetrachromat, connecting magenta with the fourth sensor type would necessitate the use of a new experience type for the combination of red and blue light. Lastly, exactly the same argument could be construed for infrared.
[edit] History of the discovery of magenta
Magenta was one of the first aniline dyes, discovered shortly after the
[edit] Historical development of magenta
[edit] Rich magenta (original variation)(1860)
| Rich magenta | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| #CA1F7B | ||
| (r, g, b) | (202, 31, 123) | |
| (c, m, |
(3, 100, 3, 0) | |
| (h, |
(300°, 97%, 92%) | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Before printer's magenta was invented in the 1890s for
In
[edit] Printer's magenta (subtractive primary magenta)(pigment magenta) (1890s)
| Magenta (subtractive primary) | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| #FF0097 | ||
| (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 144) | |
| (c, m, |
(0, 100, 0, 0) | |
| (h, |
(320°, 100%, 100%) | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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In
The source of the color shown at right is the color magenta that is shown in the diagram located at the bottom of the following website offering tintbooks for CMYK printing: [1].
[edit] Electric magenta (additive secondary magenta) (web color fuchsia) (1990s)
| Magenta (electric secondary) | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| #FF00FF | ||
| (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 255) | |
| (c, m, |
(3, 100, 0, 0) | |
| (h, |
(300°, 100%, 100%) | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Electric magenta, shown at the right, is one of the three secondary colors in the
The color
[edit] Electronic magenta vs. pigment magenta
Note that while both of these colors are called magenta they are actually substantially different from one another. Printer's (or pigment) magenta (the color used for magenta printing ink) is much less vivid than the color electronic magenta achievable on a computer screen--indeed, CMYK printing technology cannot accurately reproduce pure magenta as described above as electronic magenta (1/2 100% blue light + 1/2 100% red light=magenta) on paper. To see the difference between electronic magenta and printer's magenta, compare the two magentas (additive and subtractive) in the two charts in the
When electronic magenta is reproduced on paper, it is called fuchsia and it is physically impossible for it to appear on paper as vivid as on a computer screen. In order to reproduce it, a small amount of cyan printer's ink must be added to printer's magenta to make fuchsia, and therefore fuchsia is not a primary color of pigment--it is the color of printer's magenta that is one of the primary colors of pigment (along with cyan and
The name fuchsia was chosen as the alias for electronic magenta because that is the color name for the color that in printed reproduction is its equivalent.
Since prior to the introduction of personal computers magenta was synonymous with printer's magenta, colored pencils and crayons called "magenta" are usually colored the color of "printer's magenta".
[edit] Additional variations of magenta
[edit] Deep magenta
| Deep Magenta | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| #CC00CC | ||
| (r, g, b) | (204, 0, 204) | |
| (c, m, |
(3, 100, 3, 0) | |
| (h, |
(300°, 67%, 37%) | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Displayed at right is the color deep magenta.
[edit] Dark magenta (web color)
| Dark Magenta | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| #8B008B | ||
| (r, g, b) | (139, 0, 139) | |
| (c, m, |
(3, 85, 3, 35) | |
| (h, |
(300°, 33%, 25%) | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Displayed at right is the
[edit] Spectral reflectance curve of magenta
[edit] Magenta on the color wheel
If the visible
[edit] Shades of Magenta Color Comparison Chart
- Cotton Candy (Crayola) (Hex: #FFB7D5) (RGB: 255, 183, 213)
- Carnation Pink (Crayola) (Hex: #FFA6C9) (RGB: 246, 166, 201)
- Pale Magenta (Light Fuchsia Pink) (Hex: #F984EF) (RGB: 249, 132, 229)
- Persian Pink (Hex: #F77FBE) (RGB: 247, 127, 190)
- Hot Pink (web color)(Hex: #FF69B4) (RGB: 255, 105, 180)
- Brilliant Rose (Crayola "Magenta") (Hex: #F653A6) (RGB: 246, 83, 166)
- Phlox (Hex: #F254CF) (RGB: 240, 84, 209)
- Printer's Magenta (Pigment Magenta) (Hex: #FF0097) (RGB: 255, 0, 144)
- Hollywood Cerise (Fashion Fuchsia) (Hex: #F400A1) (RGB: 244, 0, 161)
- Persian Rose (Hex: #FF1CB1) (RGB: 255, 28, 177)
- Shocking Pink (Hex: #FC0FC0) (RGB: 252, 15, 192)
- Razzle Dazzle Rose (Crayola) (Hex: #FF33CC) (RGB: 255, 51, 204)
- Light Magenta (Fuchsia Pink) (Hex: #FF77FF) (RGB: 255, 119, 255)
- Ultra Pink (aka Crayola "Shocking Pink") (Hex: #FF6FFF) (RGB: 255, 111, 255)
- Pink Flamingo (Crayola) (Hex: #FF66FF) (RGB: 255, 102, 255)
- Brilliant Magenta (Hex: #FF55FF) (RGB: 255, 85, 255)
- Bright Magenta (Hex: #FF33FF) (RGB: 255, 51, 255)
- MAGENTA (Electric Magenta) (web color Fuchsia) (Hex: #FF00FF) (RGB: 255, 0, 255)
- Hot Magenta (aka Purple Pizzaz) (Crayola) (Hex: #FF00CC) (RGB: 255, 0, 204)
- Pantone Color #226--Magenta (Hex: #D70270) (RGB: 115, 79, 150)
- Rich Magenta (Original Magenta) (Hex: #CA1F7B) (RGB: 202, 31, 123)
- Royal Fuchsia (Hex: #CA2C92) (RGB: 202, 44, 146)
- Fandango (Hex: #B55489) (RGB: 181, 84, 137)
- Deep Fuchsia (Crayola Fuchsia) (Hex: #C154C1) (RGB: 193, 84, 193)
- Deep Magenta (Hex: #CC00CC) (RGB: 204, 0, 204)
- Bougainvilla (Hex: #C10BC0) (RGB: 198, 12, 199)
- Violet-Eggplant (Hex: #991199) (RGB: 153, 17, 153)
- Dark Magenta (web color) (Hex: #8B008B) (RGB: 139, 0, 139)
- Purple Cabbage Purple (Hex: #870C8B) (RGB: 135, 12, 139)
- Royal Purple (web color [Royal] Purple)(HTML/CSS Purple)(Hex: #800080) (RGB: 128, 0, 128)
[edit] Magenta in human culture
Art
- Since the mid 1960s, water based fluorescent magenta paint has been available to paint
- By the early 1960s, many had become aware that magenta, yellow, and cyan and not red, blue, and yellow were the primary pigments, so vivid colors in the magenta range became available in art supply stores for the first time.
Astronomy
- Astronomers have reported that spectral class T brown dwarves are magenta because of absorption by sodium and potassium atoms of light in the green portion of the spectrum. To see an artist's impression of a magenta
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Cosmetology
- In the early 1990s in the United States, magenta mohawk and magenta crewcut
- About 1977 bright colored hair dyes became available for the first time to
Fashion
Food
- Rhubarb is magenta after sugar is added and it is boiled into rhubarbsauce or baked in pies to achieve a delicious flavor similar to
- The seeds of Pomegranates, a fruit known for its
Music
- There is a rock group named after the color magenta. See [3]--the website of the rock band Magenta.
Parapsychology
- To
Politics
- The color Magenta is used to symbolize
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 126 Plate 52 Color Sample K12--Magenta
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- How the color magenta was discovered in 1859 through research into coal tar (aniline) dyes.
- Pictures of actual aniline dye samples in various shades of magenta.
- Images of magenta objects or people or bands named Magenta
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