This striking blend of pink and purple known as Fuchsia gets its name from a flower, like many other colors if you’ve been following along :)
Specifically the color was named after the fuchsia plant, which got its name from the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.
A Brief History
In 1859, French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin independently discovered a dye c…
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