Graphic designers familiar with four-color printing or desktop printer users who regularly refill ink cartridges will recognize fuchsia as a color similar to magenta, the M in CMYK, or the pink ink cartridge that is sometimes called red ink.
Meaning and symbolism of colors
Fuchsia is on the purple side of pink and is named after the pinkish-purple flower of the fuchsia plant. It is sometimes described as hot pink, reddish purple, hot pink, and light purple. Antique fuchsia is a lavender-leaning shade of fuchsia.
Fuchsia is a mixed warm/cool color. Fuchsia, like pink, is a playful color that can be sophisticated when paired with cool, dark colors. Too much fuchsia can be overwhelming.
Fuchsia owes its name to the 16th century German botanist Leonhard Fuchs. The fuchsia plant is named after him and the color was first introduced as the dye fuchsine. In 1859 it became known as magenta, to mark the French victory at the Battle of Magenta, a city in Italy.
