Fuchsia (color)
Fuchsia (pronunciation: /ˈfjuːʃə/, few-shə) is a vivid reddish or pinkish purple color named after the flower of the fuchsia plant, itself named after the German scientist Leonhart Fuchs. Fuchsia is a synonym for magenta.
There is also a somewhat redder and slightly less saturated hue termed fashion fuchsia (see below) 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]
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[edit] The color fuchsia
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 variations of 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 below 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 or magenta (dye) (see the article on magenta for a color box displaying a sample of this original magenta).
[edit] Fuchsia (web color)
| Fuchsia (web color) | ||
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| Hex triplet | #FF00FF | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 255) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (300°, 100%, 100[2]%) |
| Source | HTML/CSS[3] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The color fuchsia gained currency in computer usage as an alias for #FF00FF, full magenta (often semi-erroneously called vivid pink; the color name bright pink is another name for the color Rose). Specifying fuchsia in Cascading Style Sheets will yield that color. It is part of the 16-color palette of most computer systems. It is also commonly used to indicate transparency.
[edit] Variations of fuchsia
[edit] Fashion fuchsia
Fashion fuchsia is a color used in women's fashion when a slightly less saturated color than shocking pink is desired. It is another name for the color Hollywood cerise.
[edit] Fuchsia rose
| Fuchsia Rose | ||
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| Hex triplet | #C74375 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (199, 67, 117) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (337°, 66%, 78[4]%) |
| Source | Pantone TPX[5] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Fuchsia rose is the color that was chosen as the 2001 Pantone color of the year by Pantone.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-2031 TPX—Fuchsia Rose. [6]
[edit] Deep fuchsia
| Fuchsia (Crayola) | ||
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| Hex triplet | #C154C1 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (193, 84, 193) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (300°, 67%, 72%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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This deep tone of fuchsia is the color that is called fuchsia in the List of Crayola crayon colors.
[edit] Fandango
| Fandango | ||
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| Hex triplet | #B53389 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (181, 51, 137) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (320°, 72%, 71[7]%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color fandango.
The first recorded use of fandango as a color name in English was in 1925.[8]
[edit] Antique fuchsia
| Antique Fuchsia | ||
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| Hex triplet | #915C83 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (145, 92, 131) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (316°, 37%, 57[9]%) |
| Source | Plochere | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color antique fuchsia.
The first recorded use of antique fuchsia as a color name in English was in 1928.[10]
The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.[11]
[edit] Fuchsia in human culture
- 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.
- In the handkerchief code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a fuchsia bandana means one has a fetish of spanking. [13]
- Fuchsia City is an area in the Kanto region from the original Pokémon games.[14]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 195; Color Sample of Fuchsia Page 123 Plate 50 Color Sample I 12
- ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #FF00FF (Fuchsia) :
- ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #C74375 (Fuchsia Rose):
- ^ Type the words "Fuchsia Rose" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
- ^ Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Fuchsia Rose" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #B53389 (Fandango):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 195; Color Sample of Fandango Page 127 Plate 52 Color Sample L 10
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #915C83 (Antique Fuchsia):
- ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 189; Color Sample of Antique Fuchsia Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample K7
- ^ Plochere Color System:
- ^ 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
- ^ Gay City USA Hanky Code List:
- ^ Guide to Fuchsia City in Pokemon:
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