fuchsine

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fuchsine \Fuch"sine\, n. [Named by the French inventor, from
   Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard.]
   (Chem.)
   Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic
   green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when
   dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a
   hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See {Rosaniline}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

magenta \ma*gen"ta\ (m[.a]*j[e^]n"t[.a]), n. (Chem.)
   An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a
   green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of
   red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in
   allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye
   was discovered. Called also {fuchsin}, {fuchsine}, {roseine},
   etc.
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   2. The purplish-red color of magenta.
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