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:This article is about the dye color magenta. For other uses, see Magenta (disambiguation).

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Magenta is a color that is not a spectral color: that is to say, the hue cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength.

Related Topics:
Color - Spectral - Wavelength

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A magenta hue can be witnessed by mixing equal amounts of red and blue light. As such, magenta is the complement of green: magenta pigments absorb green light. With yellow and cyan, it constitutes the three subtractive primary colors.

Related Topics:
Red - Blue - Light - Complement - Green - Pigment - Yellow - Cyan

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