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ColourMagentaHextriplet#FF00FFsRGBB(r,g,b)(255,0,255)CMYKH(c,m,y,k)(0,100,0,0)HSV(h,s,v)(300°,100%,100%)CIELChuv(L,C,h)(60,137,308°)SourceCSSColorModuleLevel3B:Normalizedto[0–255](byte)H:Normalizedto[0–100](hundred)Magenta()isacolorthatisvariouslydefinedaspurplish-red,[1]reddish-purpleormauvish-crimson.[2]OncolorwheelsoftheRGB(additive)andCMY(subtractive)colormodels,itislocatedexactlymidwaybetweenredandblue.Itisoneofthefourcolorsofinkusedincolorprintingbyaninkjetprinter,alongwithyellow,black...
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MagentaHex triplet#FF00FFsRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 0, 255)CMYKH (c, m, y, k)(0, 100, 0, 0)HSV (h, s, v)(300°, 100%, 100%)CIELChuv (L, C, h)(60, 137, 308°)SourceCSS Color Module Level 3B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as purplish-red,[1] reddish-purple or mauvish-crimson.[2] On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue. It is one of the four colors of ink used in color printing by an inkjet printer, along with yellow, black, and cyan, to make all other colors. The tone of magenta used in printing is called "printers magenta". It is also a shade of purple.
Magenta took its name from an aniline dye made and patented in 1859 by the French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin, who originally called it fuchsine. It was renamed to celebrate the Italian-French victory at the Battle of Magenta fought between the French an...