Internet Colors - Set of 1035 Deep Magents Color 295 - #CC00CC
Magenta is a purplish-red, purplish-crimson, or purplish-pink color. It is a
primary color in color printing which, combined with cyan, yellow and black in
various combinations, can be used to create all other colors. The name comes
from the dye magenta, originally called fuchsine, discovered in 1859, and
renamed after the 1859 Battle of Magenta near Magenta, Italy. where the French
army defeated the Austrians and helped secure the unification of Italy.
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