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Magenta
Secondary or Complementary Colour: a mixture of red and blue light (1995).
This Purplish colour is the complementary colour to green or the ‘minus-green’ subtractive primary used in the three colour photographic processes. Magenta light results when red and blue light overlap.
References
Case, D., 1985, Motion Picture Film Processing, Media Manuals, Focal Press.
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