Internet Colors - Set of 1035 Royal Fuchsia Color 819 - #CA2C92
Fuchsias a vivid purplish shade of 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, after an historic battle near the
Italian city of that name.
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