Fuchsia is on the purple side of pink and is named for the pink-purple flower of the fuchsia plant.
It is sometimes described as hot pink, reddish-purple, vivid pink, and light purple.
Antique fuchsia is a lavender-leaning shade of fuchsia.
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Fuchsia is a mixed warm/cool color.
Too much fuchsia can be overwhelming.
History of Fuchsia
Fuchsia gets its name from 16th-century German botanist Leonhard Fuchs.
The fuchsia plant is named in his honor, and the color was first introduced as the dye fuchsine.
Using Fuchsia Color in Design Files
Fuchsia invokes female charm and projects casual, light-heartedness.
Combine it with lime green for a color explosion.
For display on a computer monitor, useRGBvalues.
Use Hex designations when you work with HTML, CSS, and SVG.
Here are the Pantone colors suggested as best matches to the fuchsia colors listed above.
Some of the shades that can’t be mixed may exist in the Pantone library.
When the color match is critical, ask to see your commercial print shop’s Pantone color swatch book.
