What is magenta?
Q: What is magenta?
A: Magenta is a color that is usually pinkish-purplish-red.
Q: How is magenta related to pink and purple?
A: Magenta is the concentrated form of pink or purple. Sometimes it is confused with pink or purple.
Q: How does magenta differ from pink and purple?
A: In terms of the HSV (RGB) color wheel, the hue is the same for both pink and magenta; only the saturation and value differ.
Q: What is another name for magenta?
A: Another name for magenta is fuchsia, named after the fuchsia flower.
Q: What is the use of magenta in printing?
A: Magenta is one of the three colors of ink used by an inkjet printer, along with cyan and yellow. The tone of magenta used in printing is called "printer's magenta" (Magenta (CMYK)).
Q: When was the first use of magenta as a color name in English?
A: The first written use of magenta as a color name in English was in 1860.
Q: What is the color chart for "printer's magenta"?
A: The color chart for "printer’s magenta" (Magenta (CMYK)) is shown below.
