Difference Between Pink & Fuchsia

Color Theory

• Created by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666, color wheels begin with the primary colors red, yellow and blue. Primary colors are made from minerals, rocks, plants and organic materials and cannot be created by mixing other colors. Primary colors mixed with other primary colors create the secondary colors green, orange and purple. Primary colors combined with secondary colors produce tertiary colors.

Tertiary Colors: Fuschia

• You mix a primary red or blue with a secondary purple or violet to produce a tertiary color called fuchsia, named in the late 19th century after a plant with a pinkish-purple flower. You can create fuchsia variations by adjusting the proportions of pure red or blue with different secondary purples and violets. Names include hot or electric fuchsia, which has more red than blue in the mix, and fashion or Hollywood fuchsia, which includes some green to deepen its intensity for clothing, shoes and makeup. Deep fuchsia is a nearly equal mix of red and blue, a purplish-violet hue found with fuchsia in some flowers. It includes some green, its complementary color, to darken its value.

Tints: Pink

• Artists and designers mix white with a pure hue to produce a high-value color called a tint. You can mix in black to lower a value and darken it to create a shade. You can also add gray to make a tone. Pink is a high-value tint created by mixing white with the primary color red. Create various hues from hot to pale pink by changing the amount of red or white in the mix. Strengthen the intensity of pink by using pure colors, not diluting them with white, black, water or other mediums. Artists add gray to reduce pink's value or green, its complementary color, to create a duller tone.

Temperatures

• Pink is a warm, high-value color. Fuchsia mixed with more red than blue is a warm color. Both will appear to advance in a composition or design. An intense pink is called hot. Mixed with pure undiluted colors, an intense pinkish fuchsia is called hot or electric. A fuchsia in a predominantly blue hue will be cool and recede into shadows in a painting or design behind the brighter, lighter-valued pink. In painting sunsets, pinks would dominate before the sun goes down and fuchsias after it has set.