What color is magenta?

Magenta is also called magenta, and its English name Magenta comes from the name of dye. This is a color between red and blue, and the wavelength of light wave is longer than yellow-green.

Magenta is a slightly orange color. It is the color of animal dyes made by insects since ancient times. Orange softens the strong effect of red itself, showing joy and vitality. Because magenta is a bright color with strong visual recognition ability, it is very suitable for blending various elements with heart and acting as the main color. Design points: strong visibility, strong sense of gorgeous. ?

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1859, people got magenta dye from coal tar dye. Later 1860, the name magenta quickly became another name: magenta. The change of its name originated from the battle of magenta in Lombardy, Italy, because "the land of magenta was covered with blood" at that time.

1860, people get magenta from coal tar dye; 1890s, magenta was printed according to "three primary colors subtraction". Since then, the colorful cartoons in the newspaper have been printed with rich colors; After 1987, the electronic magenta was obtained by computer electronic 12 color model.

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