Editing Magenta (section)

===Process magenta (pigment magenta; printer's magenta) (1890s)===
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|title=Process magenta (subtractive primary, sRGB approximation)
|hex=FF0090
|isccname=Vivid purplish red
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In [[color printing]], the color called '''process magenta''', '''pigment magenta''', or '''printer's magenta''' is one of the three primary pigment colors which, along with [[yellow]] and [[cyan]], constitute the three [[Primary colors#Color space primaries|subtractive primary colors]] of pigment. (The secondary colors of pigment are blue, green, and red.) As such, the hue magenta is the [[complementary color|complement]] of [[green]]: magenta [[pigment]]s absorb green light; thus magenta and green are opposite colors.

The [[CMYK]] printing process was invented in the 1890s, when newspapers began to publish color [[comic strip]]s.

Process magenta is not an [[RGB]] color, and there is no fixed conversion from CMYK primaries to RGB. Different formulations are used for printer's ink, so there may be variations in the printed color that is pure magenta ink.
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