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Fuchsia (, ) is a vivid purplish red color,〔Oxford English dictionaries online: "a vivid pinkish-red colour like that of the sepals of a typical fuchsia flower". See also Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' (2002), Oxford University Press, 5th Edition: "A shade of red like that of the fuchsia flower." See also ''Random House College Dictionary'' (1980), Revised Edition: "A Bright purplish-red color". See also Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language: "a purplish-red." 〕 named after the flower of the fuchsia plant, which took its name from the 16th century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs. The color fuchsia was first introduced as the color of a new aniline dye called fuchsine, patented in 1859 by the French chemist Francois-Emmanuel Verguin. Its name was changed the same year to magenta, to celebrate a victory of the French army at the Battle of Magenta on June 4, 1859, near the Italian city of that name.〔Philip Ball, ''Bright Earth, Art and the Invention of Colour'', p. 311. 〕 In the RGB color model, used to create colors on computers and television screens, and in web colors, fuchsia and magenta are exactly the same color, made by mixing blue and red light at full and equal intensity. In color printing and design, there are more variations between magenta and fuchsia. Fuchsia is usually more purplish color, whereas magenta is more reddish.〔Compare the colors Fuchsia and Magenta in the 1930 book ''A Dictionary of Color'' by Maerz and Paul 〕 Fuchsia flowers themselves contain a wide variety of purples. The first recorded use of ''fuchsia'' as a color name in English was in 1892.〔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〕 ==Fuchsine== The first synthetic dye the color of fuchsia, called fuchsine, was invented in 1859. It was later renamed magenta, and became highly popular under that name. File:Basic Fuchsine in aqueous solution.jpg|A sample of fuchsine dye in an aqueous solution. File:Basic Fuchsine Crystals.JPG|Crystals of fuchsine dye and the color they produce. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fuchsia (color)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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