Beautiful Fuchsia
by Robert Bales
Title
Beautiful Fuchsia
Artist
Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
Description
This beautiful hanging Fuchsia was hanging in my brother's doorway and I waited for the light to get the bright colors.
Fuschias have exotic-looking flowers; their two-tone colors are brilliant. The shape of the flower is quite unusual and they are quite delicate. They are perfect for hanging baskets. If cared for properly, this plant will produce an abundance of gorgeous flowers all summer long.
Fuchsia (/ˈfju��ʃə/, few-shə) is 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.
In the RGB color model, used to create colors on computers and television screens, and in web colors, fuchsia and magenta are exactly the same color, made by mixing blue and red light at full and equal intensity.
In color printing and design, there are more variations between magenta and fuchsia. Fuchsia is usually more purplish color, whereas magenta is more reddish. Fuchsia flowers themselves contain a wide variety of purples.
The first recorded use of fuchsia as a color name in English was in 1892.
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Kym Backland
Glad to know the true story of the color fuchsia, very interesting information! The picture is gorgeous too!
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