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Here’s a more comprehensive, if somewhat convoluted, explanation: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-pink-and-magenta https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-pink-an... “Pink and magenta have the same hue. What distinction there is to be found between magenta and pink lies along other axes than that of hue [i.e. saturation and value]. All pinks are magenta and all magentas are purple, and by extension, pink is a purple. However, it does not work the other direction: it does not mean that all purples are magenta nor that all magentas are pink, let alone that all purples are pink.” (Visit the link for a more detailed picture of the differences)