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    What is the origin of the word Magenta, in the context of that describing the colour?

    Question #93066. Asked by whee. (Mar 02 08 4:15 PM)


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    		It was first recognized circa 1860.

    Before printer's magenta was invented in the 1890s for CMYK printing, and electric magenta was invented in the 1980s for computer displays.... originally called magenta made from coal tar dyes in the year 1859.

    Besides being called original magenta, it is also called rich magenta to distinguish it from the colors electric magenta and printer's magenta shown below.

    This color corresponds to the Prismacolor colored pencil magenta.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magenta


    Mar 02 08, 4:38 PM
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    		Magenta is a purplish-red, and unlike the previous three, it owes its name to a battle and a place, the town of Magenta in northwest Italy. Prior to the 1859 battle, the color was known as fuchsine (François-Emmanuel Verguin) or roseine (Edward Chambers Nicholson).

    http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

    Mar 03 08, 2:09 AM

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