10 Facts About Magenta

Magenta is a color that is variously defined as pinkish-purplish-red, reddish-purplish-pink or mauvish-crimson.

Magenta took its name from an aniline dye made and patented in 1859 by the French chemist Francois-Emmanuel Verguin, who originally called it fuchsine.

Magenta is an extra-spectral color, meaning that it is not a hue associated with monochromatic visible light.

Magenta is associated with perception of spectral power distributions concentrated mostly in two bands: longer wavelength reddish components and shorter wavelength blueish components.

Magenta took its name in 1860 from this aniline dye that was originally called "fuchsine", after the fuchsia flower.

Magenta has been used in color printing since the late nineteenth century.

Magenta quit the Rafard factory and took his color to a firm of paint manufacturers, Francisque and Joseph Renard, who began to manufacture the dye in 1859.

Magenta is a common color for flowers, particularly in the tropics and sub-tropics.

Magenta was the English name of Tokyo's Oedo subway line color.

Magenta is an extremely rare color to find on heraldic flags and coats of arms, since its adoption dates back to relatively recent times.