Fuchsia is a bright purplish-pink color. It is also the name of a plant with hanging, bell-shaped flowers in vivid pinks and purples.
“Fuchsia” is named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566). The plant was named in his honor, and later the flower’s intense color gave its name to the shade.
The word looks like it should be pronounced “fyook-see-ah,” but English bends it into “fyoo-sha.” The color became so iconic that in some places “fuchsia” is used in fashion and design as a more exact term than just “pink.”
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