1. Prior to St. Augustine's, most of us would not have heard of the colour Magenta
2. Magenta was extensively used in the St. Agustine's uniform, most notably in the infamous blazer stripes that earned us the nickname pyjama boys.
3. Magenta is not represented in a rainbow. It is an extra-spectral colour.
4. Magenta consists of equal parts of red and blue light.
5. In the RGB model, the color Magenta is represented by the hexadecimal FF00FF.
6. The aniline dye Magenta , originally named fuchsine, was made and patented by the French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin in 1859.
7. Magenta was created by mixing aniline with carbon tetrachloride
8. The dye was renamed Magenta to celebrate the Sardinian victory by Napoleon against the Austrian Empire at the Battle of Magenta on 4 June 1859.
9. A vitually identical colour, roseine, was created by 2 British chemists: Edward Chambers Nicholson and George Maule in 1860.
10. in the CMYK colour model, now extensively used in colour printing, Magenta is one of the 3 primary colours.
11. The web colour Magenta is also known as fuchsia
12. The Quinacridone family of dyes were developed starting in 1935 and nowadays are commonly used for Magenta
13. Another dye used for Magenta is Lithol Rubine BK, used in food colouring,
14. Magenta is the colour of the diagnonal stripes on the tie of Downing College Cambridge
[The tie of St. Augustine's Grammar School has more than a passing similarity]
15. Magenta pigment became a favorite among painters of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements.
16. The invention of magenta played a crucial role in the development of colour photography and colour printing.
17. Spiritually, magenta is considered a colour of universal harmony and emotional balance.
19. Magenta is a sacred colourEastern traditions, used in religious ceremonies and festivities as a symbol of life and celebration.
20. Magenta has been much used in the religious vestments for a Catholic Monsignor
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