DramaQueen

By DramaQueen

Spelling bee

Today's blip enlightened me to the fact I have misspelled the name of this plant for years!!! I always thought it was FUSCHIA!!

From Wikipedia:
Fuchsia (pronunciation: /?fju???/, few-sh?) is a vivid reddish or pinkish purple color named after the flower of the fuchsia plant, itself named after the German scientist Leonhart Fuchs. Fuchsia is a synonym for magenta.

There is also a somewhat redder and slightly less saturated hue termed fashion fuchsia (see below) that is used in women's fashion (it is also called Hollywood cerise).

The first recorded use of fuchsia as a color name in English was in 1892.[1]

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