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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. [1]
==Fuchsia (web color) (Electric Magenta)==
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, the Crayola color ''magenta'' was called 'brilliant rose' in Crayola. (See the website "Lost Crayola Crayon Colors": [1])
After 1958, the name of the color was changed to Magenta (the Crayola color magenta is far from the web color fuchsia--go to the article on the color rose and look under ''brilliant rose'' to see the difference. ).
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 1930 edition of the ''Dictionary of Color'' and the color names of the Munsell color system. Crayola crayons set up a color naming system similar to that used in the Munsell Color Wheel, except that violet instead of purple was used as the primary color on the color wheel between red and blue. The web color fuchsia is equivalent to the pure chroma on Munsell Color Wheel of the Munsell color system that is designated as "5RP" ('reddish purple') i.e., a purple that is shaded toward red (the color we can achieve today with computers is a much more saturated pure color wheel chroma hue than the original color chip shown on the Munsell color wheel diagram in the Munsell color system article). In 1972, a new Crayola crayon color was introduced called 'hot magenta' which is the closest equivalent to the web color fuchsia in Crayola crayons. (See List of Crayola crayon colors.)
The color shown in the color box above is the color called "Fuchsia" in ''A Dictionary of Color''. That is why the name fuchsia was chosen as the equivalent to one of the three secondary additive primary colors, electric 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 above is somewhat brighter than most actual flowers of the fuchsia plant. The color shown as magenta in ''A Dictionary of Color'' is a somewhat different color than the color shown in that book as fuchsia--it is the original color magenta now called ''rich magenta'' (see the article on magenta for a color box displaying a sample of this original magenta).
Displayed at right is the color 'light fuchsia pink'.
This color is also called 'pale magenta' (this is what it is listed as in the source).
Displayed at right is the color 'fuchsia pink'.
This color is also called 'light magenta'.
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'. [3]
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.
Displayed at right is the color 'fandango'.
The first recorded use of ''fandango'' as a color name in English was in 1925. [4]
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)
'Broadway'
★ In the 2007 Tony Award winning musical ''Grey Gardens'' fuchsia is referred to in the song "Revolutionary Costume for Today":
:The best kind of shoes to express bold views
:Are strapless mules in assertive hues
:Like fuchsia or peach, except on the beach,
:In which case you wear flats.
'Interior Design'
★ Fuchsia (normally the magenta equivalent fuchsia) was a popular color for interior decoration in combination with orange in the 1970s in the United States.
'Lexicography'
★ In Gay slang, a beautiful, attractive woman is known as a ''fuchsia queen''. [5]
'Sexuality'
★ In the handkerchief code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a fuchsia bandana means one has a fetish of spanking.
'Video Games'
★ Fuchsia City is an area in the Kanto region from the original Pokémon games.
1. 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
2. W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
Maerz and Paul, ''Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Page 122: Plate 50 --Color Sample 12I "Fuchsia"
★ magenta
★ List of colors
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. [1]
==Fuchsia (web color) (Electric Magenta)==
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, the Crayola color ''magenta'' was called 'brilliant rose' in Crayola. (See the website "Lost Crayola Crayon Colors": [1])
After 1958, the name of the color was changed to Magenta (the Crayola color magenta is far from the web color fuchsia--go to the article on the color rose and look under ''brilliant rose'' to see the difference. ).
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 1930 edition of the ''Dictionary of Color'' and the color names of the Munsell color system. Crayola crayons set up a color naming system similar to that used in the Munsell Color Wheel, except that violet instead of purple was used as the primary color on the color wheel between red and blue. The web color fuchsia is equivalent to the pure chroma on Munsell Color Wheel of the Munsell color system that is designated as "5RP" ('reddish purple') i.e., a purple that is shaded toward red (the color we can achieve today with computers is a much more saturated pure color wheel chroma hue than the original color chip shown on the Munsell color wheel diagram in the Munsell color system article). In 1972, a new Crayola crayon color was introduced called 'hot magenta' which is the closest equivalent to the web color fuchsia in Crayola crayons. (See List of Crayola crayon colors.)
The color shown in the color box above is the color called "Fuchsia" in ''A Dictionary of Color''. That is why the name fuchsia was chosen as the equivalent to one of the three secondary additive primary colors, electric 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 above is somewhat brighter than most actual flowers of the fuchsia plant. The color shown as magenta in ''A Dictionary of Color'' is a somewhat different color than the color shown in that book as fuchsia--it is the original color magenta now called ''rich magenta'' (see the article on magenta for a color box displaying a sample of this original magenta).
Light Fuchsia Pink (Pale Magenta)
Displayed at right is the color 'light fuchsia pink'.
This color is also called 'pale magenta' (this is what it is listed as in the source).
Fuchsia Pink (Light Magenta)
Displayed at right is the color 'fuchsia pink'.
This color is also called 'light magenta'.
Fashion Fuchsia (Hollywood Cerise)
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'. [3]
Deep Fuchsia
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.
Fandango
Displayed at right is the color 'fandango'.
The first recorded use of ''fandango'' as a color name in English was in 1925. [4]
Royal Fuchsia
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)
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)
Fuchsia in Human Culture
'Broadway'
★ In the 2007 Tony Award winning musical ''Grey Gardens'' fuchsia is referred to in the song "Revolutionary Costume for Today":
:The best kind of shoes to express bold views
:Are strapless mules in assertive hues
:Like fuchsia or peach, except on the beach,
:In which case you wear flats.
'Interior Design'
★ Fuchsia (normally the magenta equivalent fuchsia) was a popular color for interior decoration in combination with orange in the 1970s in the United States.
'Lexicography'
★ In Gay slang, a beautiful, attractive woman is known as a ''fuchsia queen''. [5]
'Sexuality'
★ In the handkerchief code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a fuchsia bandana means one has a fetish of spanking.
'Video Games'
★ Fuchsia City is an area in the Kanto region from the original Pokémon games.
References
1. 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
2. W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
Further reading
Maerz and Paul, ''Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Page 122: Plate 50 --Color Sample 12I "Fuchsia"
See also
★ magenta
★ List of colors
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