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Magenta (#ff00ff) used to be called fuchsia. And nobody, unless they are named Fuchs, knows how to spell "fuchsia".
by satiated_grue 3y ago
Magenta (#ff00ff) used to be called fuchsia.
And nobody, unless they are named Fuchs, knows how to spell "fuchsia".
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoI started this particular subthread, and I actually do know how to spell fuchsia. In college once I made a reference to "my red notebook over there" and the entire room (all women except for me) erupted in "that's not red; that's fuchsia" with one lagging voice adding, "or hot pink." So yeah, I can spell it, if only because I had never heard of that color before then and I looked it up.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoThe funny thing is that real Fuchsias display such a diversity of colours as to make naming the colour rather pointless. It is not substantially more sensible than calling a colour 'rose'. I'll think I will stick to the hex codes ;)