Colors / Magenta

shades of magenta

A vivid band from 301° to 330° that has no single wavelength behind it.

The shade ramp

Same hue and saturation, brightness falling from near-white to near-black. This is what most people mean by “shades of magenta”.

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Brightness ramp at hue 315°, saturation 78%.

The tint ramp

Same hue and brightness, saturation climbing from almost gray to full strength. Saturation is the channel players misjudge most often, because a washed-out magenta and a vivid one carry the same name.

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Saturation ramp at hue 315°, brightness 92%.

Across the range

Everything the eye files under magenta, sampled from 301° to 330°. Two colors at opposite ends of this strip still share one word.

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Hue sweep from 301° to 330°.

Named magentas

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Fuchsia#FF00FF
Orchid#DA70D6
Hot magenta#FF1DCE
Byzantine#BD33A4

Why magenta is hard to remember

Magenta is invented by the visual system: no wavelength of light is magenta, and the brain manufactures it to close the gap between red and violet. Recall is unstable because there is no physical anchor — only the eye's own construction.

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